Tatras - alpine summits - Slovakia

Basic Information
Site Name
Tatras - alpine summits
Short name
Tatras - alpine summits
Country
Slovakia
Web Address
http://www.gloria.ac.at
Operating Organisation
Institute of Landscape Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Site Manager
Robert Kanka
Site Description
The Site was established in 2001 as a part of research initiative GLORIA (Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments) and as a long-term observation network for the comparative study of climate change impacts on mountain biota respecting the multi-summit sampling design. The Site is situated in the Tatra National Park and consists of four summits occurring in the alpine belt: Krížna peak (1,918.6 m a.s.l.), Veľká kopa peak (2,052.4 m a.s.l.), Sedielková kopa peak (2,061.3 m a.s.l.) and Summit – Krátka peak (2,374.5 m a.s.l.). The re-investigation of site take place every 7 years and the data are compared with other GLORIA research sites within the world-wide network.The first took place in within the 5th RTD framework programme of the EU, the second in 2008 and the next in 2015.
Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2001
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA)✖The affiliation of this site with "Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
LTER Slovakia✔ (LTER_EU_SK_007)This site is a verified "LTER Slovakia" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 49.1733 Longitude: 19.9894

Size
ca. 5.00ha
Elevation (average)
2146.00msl
Elevation (min)
1918.00msl
Elevation (max)
2375.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
3.12°C
Precipitation Annual
1769.40mm
Landforms
Mountain
Geology
Granodiorites
Vegetation
Communities of the alliances Juncion trifidi K r a j. 1933 and Nardion B r.-B l. 1926, L u q u e t 1926 are dominant here; also occurrence of the alliance Loiseleurio-Vaccinion B r.-B l. in B r.-B l. et J e n ny ex K r a j. 1933, the class Salicetea herbaceae B r.-B l. 1948 and the class Androsacetalia vandellii B r.-B l. in M e i e r et B r.- B l. 1934.
Soils
Entisols & spodosols
Hydrology
Snow hydrology
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Land Use
other uses
other uses » natural areas not in other economic use
other uses » natural areas not in other economic use » land areas not in other economic use
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters. receivers. centralstation)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
footpath/trail
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
2900
Maintenance Interval
1000
General Data Policy
Mutual agreement on reciprocal sharing of data
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Externally Available Datasets
There is one dataset for this site available in the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR):To see more visit the eLTER DAR.

There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.