The Asa LTER site consists of 5 subsites; the Asa Experimental Forest, the Asa Experimental Production Forest, the FutMon-sites Sandbäcken and Ängavägen, and the IM site Aneboda. The Asa LTER site is situated in the nemo-boreal forest in south-central Sweden. It consists of five areas, integrated both geographically and thematically. The Asa Research Station has on-site permanent staff responsible for research and monitoring activities. Field laboratories and modern equipment are available as well as offices, lecture/meeting rooms, working rooms and lodging nearby.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

1988

Size :

2 700.00ha

Purpose of Site :

The purpose of the site is to be a platform for ecological and forestry research and monitoring. It provides an infrastructure that facilitates the research and monitoring activities and also provides background information, eg. forest description, weather data, soil and bedrock characteristics and historic land use.

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Tree species experiment, as seen with LIDAR and aerial photo

Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 57.164325000000
Longitude: 14.782713000000

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Site Details

Ecosystem and Enviromental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

165.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

285.00msl

Elevation - Average:

200.00msl

Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-1.60°C

Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

15.80°C

Temperature: Average Annual:

6.20°C

Precipitation Minimum Monthly :

37.00mm

Precipitation Annual :

711.00mm

Precipitation Maximum Monthly :

37.00mm

Biome :

Taiga

GEO-BON Biome:

Fresh water rivers

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Forest
Boreal forests/taiga
Deciduous Forest
Mixed Forest
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Small lakes
Rivers
Small rivers

Biogeographic Region:

Boreonemoral

eLTER Parameters

Network Affiliation

Networks/Projects:

LTER
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
SITES - Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Simple Site

Short name :

Asa (LTER)

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_SE_011

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Regular

Protection Status and Resource Management

0 - 25%

Management of Resources - Percent of Site:

75 - 100%

Management of Resources - Notes:

Forestry

Design and Scale of Site

Scale of Observation:

beyond catchment

Design of Observation:

partly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

mainly experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

More than 5000 k

Infrastructure notes:

Lodging available in Youth Hostel or Conference Hotel near Asa Forest Research Station

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing equipment
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › GMS/UMTS
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Supply Location › Central station(s)
Supporting infrastructure › Lodging at site › > 10 beds
Supporting infrastructure › Staff room at site › > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Boat
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 4WD
Observation device › Measurement tower › Less than 10 m above canopy
Observation device › Marine Platform
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Paper
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Structured file
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Relational database
Data infrastructure › Data storage › XML database
Data infrastructure › Data services › Web Map Service (WMS)
Data infrastructure › Data services › Web Feature Service (WFS)

Operation

Operations Cost:

100-300 k

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Data Management

General Data Policy:

Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers

Data Storage Location :

Distributed over multiple institutions

Number of data storage locations :

Data Storage Format :

Relational Database

Spatial data file (GIS)

Unstructured file

Data services :

Web Feature Service (WFS)

Web Map Service (WMS)

Other data service

Data Request Format :

Offline (Mail or Telephone)

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