Review on Factors Affecting Snow and Ice Damage of Forest

Reviews were made on researches of forest snow and ice disaster at home and abroad, and as well as on damage factors such as terrain, forest types and meteorology. Their indicators involved gradient, aspect, slope position, elevation, tree species composition, stand age, stand density, temperature, wind speed, cumulative frost and snow days, snow cover days and depth. Analysis showed that further researches shoud be focused at common damage indicators for forest snow and ice disaster in large area, and their assessment system.