Kindla, IM-site SE15 - Sweden

Basic Information
Site Name
Kindla, IM-site SE15
Short name
Kindla_ICP_IM_SE015
Country
Sweden
Web Address
Kindla
Parent Site Name
Bergslagen (LTSER platform) - Sweden
Site Manager
Pernilla Rönnback
Ulf Grandin
Stefan Löfgren
Lars Lundin
Operating Organisation
Swedish state through the Swedish Environmental Protecion Agency
Funding Agency
Swedish Environmental Protecion Agency
Keywords
biogeochemical processes
ICP Integrated Monitoring
Tea bag
Site Description
Nature reserve, Natura 2000, protected coniferous blueberry forest.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:20
General Characteristics, Purpose, History
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Purpose
Process orientated biogeochemical monitoring of the forested landscape, within the ICP Inetraged Monitoring framework
Research Topics
biology
ecology
biodiversity
species diversity
community ecology
community dynamics
successional dynamics
ecosystem ecology
ecosystem function
forest ecology
plant ecology
vegetation dynamics
population ecology
plants population changes over time
population dynamics
terrestrial ecology
chemistry
air chemistry
atmospheric chemistry
biogeochemistry
depositions chemistry
interstitial water chemistry
soil chemistry
soil solution chemistry
water chemistry
environmental science
geology
hydrology
meteorology
climatology
climate monitoring
Parameters
atmospheric parameter
air temperature
interception
precipitation intensity
snow depth
wind direction
wind direction (mean and gust)
wind speed
biological parameter
age class
canopy cover rate
canopy height
change in population size over time
leaf nutrient
plant height
tree condition
tree diameter
tree height
dissolved nutrient
ecosystem parameter
canopy gap area
community composition
deadwood decaying rate
deadwood position
deadwood volume
disturbance pattern
diversity index
ecosystem structure
floristic diversity
forest structure
ground water level
inorganic nutrient content
plant species composition
soil solute amount
species composition
species list
species turnover
tree diameter at breast height
tree distribution
vegetation layer composition
vegetation layer type
soil parameter
soil nutrient
Photos
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Geographic
Size
20.40ha
Elevation (average)
347.00msl
Elevation (min)
312.00msl
Elevation (max)
415.00msl
Related observation location(s)
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 Sweden✔ (LTER_EU_SE_001_002)This site is a verified "LTER Sweden" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
Critical Zones
eLTER catalogue
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER Plus (H2020) - RA
eLTER Plus (H2020) - TA
eLTER Plus (H2020) - VA
FutMon
SoilTrEC
Teabag
ICP Forests (Level II)
ICP Integrated Monitoring
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Site information [.json]

Centroid coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Taiga
Ecosystem and Land Use
Forest
Taiga
Biogeographical Region
Boreal Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
3.96°C
Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum)
-5.77°C
Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum)
-5.77°C
Precipitation Annual
724.90mm
Precipitation Maximum Monthly
231.70mm
Precipitation Minimum Monthly
129.40mm
Geology
Till soil on granitic bedrock.
Vegetation
Blueberry spruce forest.
Soils
Podzol.
Hydrology
Fresh and moist.
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3) » Spruce taiga woodland (G3.A)
Site Type (Spatial Design)
Simple Site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
entire catchment
Infrastructure
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Energy and data infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » Less than 1 kW
Energy and data infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Energy and data infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from Site) » Other transmission types
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Weekly
Observation device » Temperature Controlled Container
Observation device » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Power Supply
No
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
14
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
Data Storage Location
Distributed over multiple institutions
Data Services
Data portal
Other data service
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources
2 dataset(s) in total:
ICP-IM Kindla_SE02 Meteo_Dep
Kindla IM vegetation monitoring plots 1 & 2
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.