Röbäcksdalen Field Research Station - Sweden

Basic Information
Site Name
Röbäcksdalen Field Research Station
Short name
Röbäcksdalen
Country
Sweden
Web Address
SITES Röbäcksdalen Homepage
Datasets from Röbäcksdalen Field Research Station - SITES data portal
Operating Organisation
Department of Crop Production Ecology
Site Manager
Brooke Micke
Boel Sandström
Funding Agency
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
VR - Swedish Research Council
Site Description
Röbäcksdalen research station was established 1954 and contains a field station and a dairy barn. The field station offers the ability to perform field research in a variety of areas such as agricultural science, biology, agroecology, soil science and environmental science. At the infrastructure it is possible to do research in a variety of areas such as animal science, agricultural science, ecology, phenology, climatology, geochemistry, biology, agroecology, soil science and environmental science. Visitors and users of the infrastructure can get access to the land and a stream collecting drainage and surface runoff-water from the area, animals in the dairy facility, workshop, machines, measuring equipment and techniques, ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1954
Observed properties
water parameteratmospheric parameterbiological parameteragricultural parameterecosystem parameterremote sensing parametersoil parameterammoniumnitrogencontentavailablephosphoruscarbondioxideconcentrationconductivitycurrentspeeddissolvedorganiccarboninwaterrivertemperaturewateraciditywateralkalinitywatercontentwaterlevelwatertemperatureairhumidityairtemperatureatmosphericpressureglobalradiationirradianceprecipitationintensitysnowdepthwinddirectionwindspeedabovegroundbiomassplantheightcropgrowthrateabovegroundnetprimaryproductionvegetationreflectancesoiltemperature
Climate
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec mm 0 20 40 60 80 100 200 300-70 -40 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 °C
Average Monthly Air TemperatureAverage Monthly Precipitation
Precipitation Sum:    526 mm
Temperature Mean: 4.54 °C
Standard Reference Period: Other, non-standardised or incomplete reference period
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES)✔This site is a verified "Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES)" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Sweden✔ (LTER_EU_SE_022)This site is a verified "LTER Sweden" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Photos
Harvesting oats. Photographer: Malin Barrlund
Harvesting oats. Photographer: Malin Barrlund
Geographic
500 m
2000 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 63.8106 Longitude: 20.2417

Size
ca. 270.00ha
Elevation (average)
12.00msl
Elevation (min)
10.00msl
Elevation (max)
13.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Small rivers
Biogeographical Region
Boreal Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
4.54°C
Precipitation Annual
526.00mm
Soils
The land is old sea bottom, which has risen from the sea during the past 2000 years. The soil at the experimental fields is sandy-silt, which is characterized by good water holding capacity and high capillarity, hence the crops seldom suffer from drought here. The humus content is high (3-6%) which means that the soil is not so dense, something that otherwise might be a problem for this soil type. Sandy soil is present in limited areas. pH is rather low due to acid sulphuric content.
Land Use
primary production » agriculture
residential use » other residential use
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
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Observation devices » Measurement tower » More than 10 m above canopy
Observation devices » Phenocam
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Equipment notes
The station is in Umeå city and nearest hotel is around 400 m from the station building. Further hotels and hostels can be found in city centre 2-4 km from the station.
Additional field transportation includes bikes, both electric and regular.
Towers are equipped with NDVI sensors as well as phenocams.
Drone flights are possible, but restricted due to the airport 2 km from the station.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Operation Notes
Operation costs depends on the experiments size and outline of the experiment and on the need of station labour.
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The dataset provider is given a complete list of all products that make use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
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.