Laegeren - Switzerland

Basic Information
Site Name
Laegeren
Short name
LAG
Country
Switzerland
Web Address
Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research
Swiss FluxNet
Site Manager
Dr. Peter Waldner
Prof. 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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2025-01-07 11:01:03

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2012
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
FLUXNet
FutMon
ICP Forests (Level I)
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
View from the top of Laegern. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2021
View from the top of Laegern. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2021
The Eddy covariance tower at LWF plot Laegeren. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2021
The Eddy covariance tower at LWF plot Laegeren. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2021
Meteorological station (stand) at Laegeren. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2021
Meteorological station (stand) at Laegeren. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2021
Field technician replacing the deposition bottles. Photo: Katrin Meusburger, 2020
Field technician replacing the deposition bottles. Photo: Katrin Meusburger, 2020
On the intensive plot Laegeren. Photo: Anne Thimonier Rickenmann, 2020
On the intensive plot Laegeren. Photo: Anne Thimonier Rickenmann, 2020
On the intensive plot Laegeren. Photo: Anne Thimonier Rickenmann, 2020
On the intensive plot Laegeren. Photo: Anne Thimonier Rickenmann, 2020
The deposition collector at Laegeren, open field. Photo: Anne Thimonier Rickenmann, 2020
The deposition collector at Laegeren, open field. Photo: Anne Thimonier Rickenmann, 2020
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.4783 Longitude: 8.36439

Size
ca. 1.34ha
Elevation (average)
680.00msl
Elevation (min)
643.00msl
Elevation (max)
718.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
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
Stationary land-based 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
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Weekly
Observation devices » Lysimeter
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
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
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.