Baelen - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Baelen
Short name
Eupen
Country
Belgium
Operating Organisation
Commune d'Eupen
Site Manager
Quentin Ponette
Funding Agency
Service Public de Wallonie
Site Description
ICP forest monitoring plots: 0.5 ha of fenced stand + 20 m buffer area. Managment, data collection and reserch activities carried on by catholic university of Louvain (UCL)
Last modified
2025-04-23 16:04:19

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1995
Observed properties
soil parameterchemical parameterbiological parameterecosystem parametercarbon-to-nitrogenratiocationexchangecapacitysoilaciditysoilnutrientsoilsoluteamountsoiltexturethicknessofsoilhorizontotalorganiccarbonacidneutralisingcapacitybasesaturationcationexchangecapacityinorganiccarboncontentpercentcarbonpercentorganiccarbonsoilpHleafnutrientnitrogencontenttreeagetreebasalareatreediametertreeheightecosystemstructureinorganicnutrientcontentspeciesturnovertreediameteratbreastheighttreedistribution
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
ICP Forests✔ (2_05)This site is a verified "ICP Forests" member.
LTER Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_22)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
NEC Directive (2016/2284)
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
50 m
200 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 50.584837 Longitude: 6.103082

Size
ca. 2.77ha
Elevation (average)
440.00msl
Elevation (min)
440.00msl
Elevation (max)
440.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Deciduous Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.70°C
Precipitation Annual
1282.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Weekly
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Daily
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
90
Maintenance Interval
90
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
The dataset provider is given a complete list of all products that make use of the dataset
Mutual agreement on reciprocal sharing of data
The data provider is given and agrees to a statement of uses to which the dataset will be put
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.