Laegeren - Switzerland

Basic Information
Site Name
Laegeren
Short name
LAG
Country
Switzerland
Web Address
http://www.wsl.ch/info/organisation/fpo/lwf/methodology/plots/forschungsflaeche…
Site Manager
Nina Buchmann
Site Description
The site is located next to Wettingen in the canton of Aargau, within a natural, mixed forest stand which mainly consists of 150 year-old beech (Fagus sylvatica) and 120-170 year-old spruce (Picea abies) trees. Among others, the site is equipped with two meteorological measurement stations; one is located within the forest stand, the second is co-located in the nearby open-field, allowing to measure the forest stand effect on micro-climate. The following parameters are being measured since 2013: Soil solution chemistry (lysimeters), TREENET, atmospheric deposition (throughfall and bulk deposition), circular vegetation plots, crown condition assessment, diameter and height measurements, foliar analyses, leaf area index (LAI), litterfall, manual circumference band measurements, Ozone visible injury assessment, permanent vegetation quadrats, phenological observations, sapflow measurements, soil matrix chemistry, tree core sampling, automated point dendrometer measurements, automatic circumference band measurements.
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2021-02-23 09:02:59

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2012
Observed properties
atmospheric parameter
air humidity
air parameter
air temperature
air vapor pressure deficit
carbon dioxide concentration
global radiation irradiance
irradiance
long wave radiation
maximum temperature
mean annual air temperature
mean annual precipitation
mean annual temperature
net radiation irradiance
net solar radiation irradiance
ozone concentration
relative humidity
vapor pressure
vapor pressure deficit
wind direction
wind direction (mean and gust)
wind speed
wind speed (mean and gust)
biological parameter
above ground biomass
age class
age distribution
age structure
canopy aerodynamic resistance
canopy cover rate
canopy growth rate
canopy height
canopy temperature
canopy transpiration
crown closure
growth factor
leaf age
leaf area
leaf area ratio
leaf nutrient
mortality rate
net primary productivity
tree age
tree basal area
tree condition
tree diameter
tree diameter at breast height
tree height
tree mortality
chemical parameter
ammonium content
ammonium nitrogen content
available phosphorus
base cations content in water
below ground autotrophic respiration
carbon dioxide concentration
cation exchange capacity
exchange capacity
leaf nitrogen concentration
nitrogen availability
nitrogen budget
plant carbon concentration
plant nitrogen concentration
soil carbon dioxyde flux
soil carbon storage
soil nutrient
soil pH
ecosystem parameter
above ground biomass
above ground net primary production
below ground autotrophic respiration
canopy cover rate
canopy gap area
canopy growth rate
canopy height
canopy structure
canopy temperature
canopy transpiration
carbon dioxide concentration
ecosystem health
ecosystem structure
forest cover
forest structure
environmental parameter
seasonal change
remote sensing parameter
net solar radiation irradiance
ozone concentration
soil parameter
Photos
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Geographic
Size
1.34ha
Elevation (average)
680.00msl
Elevation (min)
643.00msl
Elevation (max)
718.00msl
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✖The affiliation of this site with "ICP Forests" is not verified.
European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)✖The affiliation of this site with "European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)" is not verified.
LTER Switzerland✔ (LTER_EU_CH_019)This site is a verified "LTER Switzerland" member.
Projects
Swiss Sanasilva Inventory
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
FutMon
TreeNet
ICP Forests (Level I)
ICP Forests (Level II)
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Site information [.json]

Centroid coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem and Land Use
Forest
Mixed Forest
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.20°C
Precipitation Annual
1051.00mm
Geology
Jurassic: Late Jurassic, loose molasse slope debris
Vegetation
Woodland association after Ellenberg and Klötzli´s classification (1972): Galio odoratio-Fagetum typicum bis Pulmonario-Fagetum typicum
Soils
Calcareous brown soil, chromic luvisol, mixed rendzina
Site Type (Spatial Design)
Stationary terrestrial site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Metadata standards » DC (Dublin Core)
Data infrastructure » Metadata standards » ISO19115/19139
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Weekly
Equipment notes
Hotels; site is close to village of Wettingen
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
The automated data transfer via GMS/UMTS from measurement sensors to a central data base allows a permanent sampling interval at a resolution of 1 minute to hours, depending on the measurement parameter.
Site Visit Interval
1
Maintenance Interval
14
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Data Policy Notes
Currently, data can be requested either directly via WSL-LWF http://www.wsl.ch/info/organisation/fpo/lwf/index_EN or via ICP Forests http://icp-forests.net/page/data-requests .
A new, updated data policy with direct online access to the data is being developed.
Data Policy URL
http://www.wsl.ch/info/organisation/fpo/lwf/results/data/access_EN
LTER Site Classification
Master
Related Resources
1 dataset(s) in total:
LTER_EU_CH_019_meta
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.