Designing and selecting weather related tactical applications for forest management and increasing their efficiencies

Abstract

A most important strategical use of climate information is in assessing suitability of land resources in terms of water availability for forest production purposes. Forests are particularly vulnerable to (and may decline rapidly under) extreme changes in water availability (either drought or water logging) (Das 2004a). It is necessary to carry out this activity during land evaluation and land planning stages to evaluate a large land area for a relatively short time. Pawitan (1993) states that soil and land resources information alone is not sufficient to assess land productivity successfully, for climate often can become a major constraint that can not easily be overcome. © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.