Alptal - Switzerland

Basic Information
Site Name
Alptal
Short name
ALP
Country
Switzerland
Web Address
https://lwf.wsl.ch/en/flaechen/alptal/
Site Manager
Dr. Peter Waldner
Site Description
The forest site "Alptal" has been installed in 1995 as part of the Swiss Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Programme LWF. The programme investigates anthropogenic and natural forces on the long-term health of the forests and the potential risks to humans. For this, a profound understanding of the relationship between processes, causes and effects in the ecosystem are necessary. The objectives of the LWF research programme include (i) early detection and a representative assessment of changes in forest condition, (ii) determination of external influences, both from anthropogenic and natural sources such as element inputs and climate and their effect on the forest ecosystem, (iii) development of indicators to assess the condition ...
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2024-03-25 13:03:47

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1995
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF)✔This site is a verified "Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research (LWF)" member.
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
ICP Forests✔ (50_1)This site is a verified "ICP Forests" member.
LTER Switzerland✔ (LTER_EU_CH_001)This site is a verified "LTER Switzerland" member.
Projects
FutMon
ICP Forests (Level I)
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
The valley Alptal seen from Mythen. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2012
The valley Alptal seen from Mythen. Photo: Peter Waldner, 2012
Geographic
30 m
100 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.0486366 Longitude: 8.7125782

Size
ca. 0.60ha
Elevation (average)
1160.00msl
Elevation (min)
1149.00msl
Elevation (max)
1170.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Evergreen Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
5.46°C
Precipitation Annual
1323.10mm
Geology
Northern Penninic; upper Cretaceous-lower Eocene, Wägital Flysch
Vegetation
Woodland association after EK72: 49: Equiseto-Abietetum
Soils
Mollic Gleysols, Gleyic Cambisols
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 » Daily
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
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Equipment notes
Hotels; site is close to village of Alpthal
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.