Murau - Austria

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Basic Information
Site Name
Murau
Short name
Murau
Country
Austria
Operating Organisation
Austrian Research Centre for Forests (BFW)
Site Manager
Silvio Schüler
Site Description
The site Murau is part of the European Level II Forest Monitoring System in the frame of the International Co-operative Programme on Assessment and Monitoring of Air Pollution Effects on Forests (ICP Forests). This site is one out of 16 Austrian Level II sites; it was established in 1995 and is, since 2006, part of the LTER Austria network. The site is situated in the north-west of the federal country Styria in the Austrian Central Alps about 100 km west of the city of Graz at 1550 m a.s.l., in a 130 year old managed spruce-larch forest.
Last modified
2026-10-06 11:18:25

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1995
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✔ (14_16)This site is a verified "ICP Forests" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Austria✔ (LTER_EU_AT_032)This site is a verified "LTER Austria" member.
Projects
NEC Directive (2016/2284)
eLTER (H2020)
Teabag
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
Leaf Area Index photography of the stand
Leaf Area Index photography of the stand
Deposition collector
Deposition collector
Geographic
View in site map
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.0617425 Longitude: 14.10986

Size
ca. 0.86ha
Elevation (average)
1550.00msl
Elevation (min)
1520.00msl
Elevation (max)
1550.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Temperate coniferous forests
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Fir and spruce woodland (G3.1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
3.99°C
Precipitation Annual
1578.60mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » In canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » All over site/catchment
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
14
General Data Policy
The data provider is given and agrees to a statement of uses to which the dataset will be put
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Datasets available via the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR)
There is a total of 3 datasets 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.