TERENO - Greifenhagen - Germany

Basic Information
Site Name
TERENO - Greifenhagen
Short name
Greifenhagen
Country
Germany
Web Address
TERENO site Greifenhagen
Operating Organisation
UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Site Manager
Mark Frenzel
Site Description
The site is a 4x4 km square within an agricultural dominated landscape (about 75% arable land) in the eastern part of the lower Harz mountains. It is intended for observation and a weather station and some simple devices are installed (combined flight traps aiming at insects; temperature loggers at each trap). The sites Friedeburg, Greifenhagen, Harsleben, Schafstädt, Siptenfelde and Wanzleben are part of the TERENO Harz / Central German Lowland Observatory in Saxony-Anhalt run by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ. These sites have a focus on biodiversity monitoring in the “normal landscape” which is characterized by agricultural use (about 60 % coverage of Saxony-Anhalt). Each site is a 4x4 km landscape of mainly arable land and semi-natural habitats like e.g. hedges and forests. The site Greifenhagen is characterized by a distinct topography with valleys and slopes and a mean elevation of 270 m asl. The area covered by crop fields is 71 % and all semi-natural habitats sum up to 6 %.
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Last modified
2023-07-25 14:07:08

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2002
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.
TERENO✔This site is a verified "TERENO" member.
LTER-D (Germany)✔ (LTER_EU_DE_002_005)This site is a verified "LTER-D (Germany)" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Teabag
Photos
Combined flight trap at site Greifenhagen (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Combined flight trap at site Greifenhagen (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Bird monitoring at site Greifenhagen (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Bird monitoring at site Greifenhagen (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Site Greifenhagen (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Site Greifenhagen (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6333 Longitude: 11.4409

Size
ca. 1600.00ha
Elevation (average)
270.00msl
Elevation (min)
240.00msl
Elevation (max)
320.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas (J4)
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J) » Transport networks and other constructed hard-surfaced areas (J4) » Road networks (J4.2)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Mesic grasslands (E2)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Woodland fringes and clearings and tall forb stands (E5)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1) » Meso- and eutrophic oak, hornbeam, ash, sycamore, lime, elm and related woodland (G1.A)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved evergreen woodland (G2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved evergreen woodland (G2) » Eurasian continental sclerophyllous woodland (G2.2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5) » Lines of trees (G5.1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5) » Small broadleaved deciduous anthropogenic woodlands (G5.2)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5) » Small mixed broadleaved and coniferous anthropogenic woodlands (G5.5)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.90°C
Precipitation Annual
600.00mm
Landforms
Plain
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Land Use
primary production
primary production » agriculture
primary production » agriculture » commercial agricultural production
primary production » agriculture » farming infrastructure
primary production » forestry
primary production » forestry » forestry based on continuous cover
transport networks logistics and utilities
transport networks logistics and utilities » transport networks
transport networks logistics and utilities » transport networks » road transport
other uses
other uses » natural areas not in other economic use
other uses » natural areas not in other economic use » land areas not in other economic use
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
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Equipment notes
Weather station
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
14
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Meteorological data Greifenhagen, TERENO Harz / Central German Lowlands (2011-18)
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.