The City of Lodz LTSER - Poland

Basic Information
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Site Name
The City of Lodz LTSER
Short name
Lodz LTSER
Country
Poland
Web Address
http://www.lterpoland.pl/index.php?site=1&siteId=250&d=67
http://www.switchurbanwater.eu/cities/8.php
http://ecohydrology-ihp.org/demosites/view/57
http://ecohydrology-ihp.org/demosites/view/70
Operating Organisation
European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology
Department of Applied Ecology, University of Lodz
Site Manager
Kinga Krauze
Tomasz Jurczak
Site Description
Lodz is the third-largest city in Poland. Located in the central part of the country, approximately 135 km south-west of Warsaw. It has a population of 753,192 people. It is the capital of Lodz Voivodeship. Although Lodz was given city rights in 1423, it developed rapidly only in XIX century. It became a centre of textile industry for central and Eastern Europe. During the economic transition of the 1990s Lodz lost its industry. Since that time it has been developing towards the centre of culture, education, and technology. Lodz has a network of numerous but small water courses, and is located in the hills that constitute the first order watershed between the largest Polish rivers, the Wisła and the Odra. The rivers flow in a ...
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Last modified
2021-11-23 11:11:58

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2002
Observed properties
chemical parameterwater parameteratmospheric parameterecosystem parameterlandscape parameterbiological parameterammoniumnitrateconcentrationdissolvednutrientredoxpotentialofwatersuspendedsolidswatersalinityconductivitywateraciditywateralkalinitywaterqualitywatertemperatureprecipitationintensitywinddirectionheatflowinorganicnutrientcontentlandcoverlandusenitrogencontent
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 Poland✔ (LTER_EU_PL_025)This site is a verified "LTER Poland" member.
Projects
eLTER catalogue
eLTER (H2020)
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
5 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.77 Longitude: 19.459

Size
ca. 29325.00ha
Elevation (average)
219.50msl
Elevation (min)
161.50msl
Elevation (max)
278.50msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Urban
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Grasslands
Lakes
Rivers
Urban
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.50°C
Precipitation Annual
600.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » XML database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » All over site/catchment
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing equipment
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Daily
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 1 place
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Equipment notes
As located in the city site can provide unlimited lodging, can offer labs and other facilities
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
depending on the research programme and parameters
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
7
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
Data Policy Notes
Data access at no cost but only for collaborative project purposes and joint papers
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
The City of Lodz, Meteorological data, 2013 - 2017
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.