Westhoek Coastal Dunes - Belgium

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Basic Information
Site Name
Westhoek Coastal Dunes
Short name
Westhoek
Country
Belgium
Operating Organisation
Agency For Nature and Forest (ANB)
Site Manager
Sam Provoost
Site Description
Coastal dune site with complete gradient from beach to coastal woodland, partly grazed - >20 year follow up of vegetation succession
Last modified
2022-10-24 09:55:45

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1953
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 Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_09)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.086 Longitude: 2.557

Size
ca. 340.00ha
Elevation (average)
11.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
23.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Coastal
Biome
Coastal
Ecosystem Type
Coastal
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Coastal dunes and sandy shores (B1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
682.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category IV – Habitat/Species Management Area
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Datasets available via the eLTER DAR
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.