IT08-Southern Alpine Lakes - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
IT08-Southern Alpine Lakes
Short name
IT08
Country
Italy
Web Address
LTER-Italy website
Operating Organisation
Fondazione Edmund Mach
Site Manager
Nico Salmaso
Site Description
Subalpine lakes
Relationships to other sites
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Last modified
2023-07-24 13:07:51

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1985
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 Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_008)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
Photos
Lake Garda
Lake Garda
Geographic
300 km
200 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 45.667 Longitude: 9.389

Size
ca. 80000.00ha
Elevation (average)
100.00msl
Elevation (min)
65.00msl
Elevation (max)
4633.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Alpine
Lakes
Large lakes
Rivers
Large river deltas
Large rivers
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface standing waters (C1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.08°C
Precipitation Annual
1332.20mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
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.