Cime Bianche (IT19 Aosta Valley) - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
Cime Bianche (IT19 Aosta Valley)
Short name
Cime Bianche
Country
Italy
Web Address
Valle d'Aosta ARPA web site
Site Manager
Umberto Morra di Cella
Site Description
Cime bianche, Colle Superiore di Cime Bianche, (Valtournenche, Aosta), +398720 +5086095; Valle d'Aosta region
Relationships to other sites
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Last modified
2024-09-09 09:09:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2006
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_074)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
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Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Cime Bianche permafrost monitoring site (Valtournenche Municipality, AO, 3.100 m asl)
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 45.919105 Longitude: 7.693052

Size
ca. 0.75ha
Elevation (average)
3100.00msl
Elevation (min)
3050.00msl
Elevation (max)
3150.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Tundra
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub (F2)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Arctic, alpine and subalpine scrub (F2) » Subarctic and alpine dwarf willow scrub (F2.1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-2.80°C
Precipitation Annual
1000.00mm
Vegetation
Sparse alpine tundra vegetation
Soils
Entisols
Hydrology
Highly weathered coarse debris deposit, mainly composed by garnetiferous micaschists and calcschists
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 within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » 1-5 kW
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
180
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
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.