Kolari Field Site - Finland

DEIMS.ID:

https://deims.org/98a3b631-fcb0-4482-8572-6fee28691a39

Basic Information

Site Name:

Kolari Field Site

Country (Site Location):

Finland

LTER Member Network:

Finland (FinLTSER)

Parent Site Name:

Northern LTSER Platform - Finland

Contact: Site Manager:

Päivi Merilä

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General Site Description:

Kolari Field Site is a part of Natural Resources Institute Finland's (Luke) location in Rovaniemi. It is located in northwest Finland at 67° N, close to the Swedish border. The surrounding area consists of northern forests and peatlands, as well as mountains up to 700 m a.s.l. Kolari village is approximately 4 km, and the Muonio River is approximately 300 meters away from the station. The Pallas-Ylläs National Park is located 30 km from station. Geographically, the Kolari area is located between Northern Finland, Forest Lapland and Fell Lapland. Snow covers the landscape from November to May. The technical staff and facilities based in Kolari support ecological research in northern Finland, focusing on north boreal forests and peatlands as well as on fish populations in the Tornionjoki river system. ICP Forests Level II site in Pallasjärvi and many other Luke’s long-term forest and peatland experiments, including managed and semi-natural reference areas (trials on tree breeding and progeny, fertilization, northern timberline forests) are largely maintained from Kolari. Research carried out on nature-based tourism is also supported.

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History

Site Status:

existing

Year Site Established:

1964

Size :

2 500.00ha

Purpose of Site :

The purpose of the site is to support research of Natural Research Institute in Finland and its partners requiring field observations in northern Finland.

History of Site:

The Kolari Field Site was established in 1964 by Finnish Forest Research Institute (Metla) to support studies on peatland forestry. In 2015, Metla was merged with MTT Agrifood Research Finland and the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute and the statistical services of the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to form Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). Currently Kolari serves as a Field Site supporting research of Luke and its partners requiring field observations in northern Finland.

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Geographic

Coordinates:

Latitude: 67.354400000000
Longitude: 23.829400000000

Site Details

Ecosystem and Enviromental Characteristics

Elevation Range FROM:

200.00msl

Elevation Range TO:

800.00msl

Elevation - Average:

221.00msl

Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum) FROM:

-13.60°C

Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum) TO :

14.40°C

Temperature: Average Annual:

0.80°C

Precipitation Annual :

550.00mm

Biome :

Taiga

GEO-BON Biome:

Fresh water rivers

Terrestrial

Ecosystem and Land Use:

Forest
Rivers
Tundra

Biogeographic Region:

Boreal

eLTER Parameters

eLTER Parameters:

- Soil parameter
  - Atmospheric Deposition
  - Soil texture
- Biodiversity (following the Essential Biodiversity Variables approach)
  - Terrestrial
    - Level Species population
      Species abundance
      Object (taxon)
      Ferns
      Lichens
      Mosses
      Vascular plants
      Spatial extent (choose closest match)
      1 square meter
      Temporal extent (sampling history, choose closest match)
      five years
      Mode of operation
      Continuous operation

Network Affiliation

Networks/Projects:

LTER
AMAP
ICP Integrated Monitoring
ICP Forests (Level II)
INTERACT
SCANNET

Site Type (Spatial Design):

Complex Site

Short name :

Kolari

LTER related

LTER Site Code:

LTER_EU_FI_021

LTER Site Classification/Category:

Regular

Protection Status and Resource Management

Natura 2000

Management of Resources :

Yes

Design and Scale of Site

Scale of Observation:

beyond catchment

Design of Observation:

mainly observation

Scale of Experiments:

plot scale

Design of Experiments:

partly experimentation

Infrastructure

Value of the Infrastructure :

100-700 k

Accessible All Year :

Yes

All parts of Site Accessible:

Yes

Access Type:

regular car

Permanent Power Supply:

Yes

Infrastructure:

Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing equipment
Maintenance infrastructure › Snow clearing frequency › Daily
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (within site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Data transmission › Data Transmission Type (from Site) › Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure › Energy supply › Permanent Power Supply Location › Central station(s)
Supporting infrastructure › Lodging at site › No lodging possible
Supporting infrastructure › Staff room at site › 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Snow mobile
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Boat
Supporting infrastructure › Transportation › Vehicle 2WD
Data infrastructure › Data storage › Relational database

Operation

Operations Cost:

30-100 k

Permanent Operation:

Yes

Data Management

General Data Policy:

The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset

Data Policy Notes:

Several players having different Data Policies utilize the Kolari Field Site.

Data Storage Location :

Distributed within Institution

Data Storage Format :

Relational Database

Structured file or spreadsheet

Data services :

Other data service

Data Request Format :

Other

Data Notes:

RADAR (Research Data Descriptions of the Natural Resources Institute Finland) offers the ability to search for research data descriptions of the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The service includes descriptions of research data for agriculture, forestry and food sectors, game management, fisheries and environment. The public web service aims to facilitate discovering subjects of natural resources studies. The RADAR Service is available at http://radar.luke.fi/ In addition to Luke's research data descriptions one can search metadata of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE). The interface between Luke and SYKE metadata services combines Luke's research data descriptions and SYKE's descriptions of spatial datasets and data systems into a unified search service. The European ICP Forests data can be requested free of charge from the German coordinator of the programme. Nationally, Luke is developing modern user-friendly data services.

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