Davos Seehornwald - Switzerland

Basic Information
Site Name
Davos Seehornwald
Short name
DAV
Country
Switzerland
Web Address
Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research
ICOS-Switzerland
Site Manager
Dr. Roman Zweifel
Prof. Nina Buchmann
Site Description
The LWF research programme provides, on the one hand, long-term data series from the last 20 years, together with a scientific interpretation to national and international policy makers. On the other hand, the available data and latest LWF infrastructure provide an attractive scientific platform for collaboration with both national and international partners. The site is located close to the city of Davos in the canton of Graubuenden, within a natural, coniferous forest stand which mainly consists of 200-390 year-old spruce (Picea abies) trees. Among others, the site is equipped with two meteorological measurement stations; one is located within the forest stand, the second is co-located in the nearby open-field, allowing to ...
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2024-09-12 16:09:12

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2006
Observed properties
atmospheric parameterbiological parameterecosystem parameterchemical parameterairhumidityairparameterairtemperatureairwatervapourpressureatmosphericpressurecarbondioxideconcentrationglobalradiationirradianceirradiancemaximumtemperaturemeanannualairtemperaturemeanannualprecipitationmeanannualtemperatureplantcarbonconcentrationrelativehumiditysoilcarbondioxidefluxsolarradiationvaporpressuredeficitwinddirectionwinddirection(meanandgust)windspeedwindspeed(meanandgust)canopycoverratecanopygrowthratecanopyheightcanopytemperatureleafareaphotosyntheticrateprimaryproductivitytreeagetreebasalareatreeconditiontreediametertreediameteratbreastheighttreeheighttreemortalityabovegroundnetprimaryproductioncanopycoverratecanopygapareacanopygrowthratecanopyheightcanopystructurecanopytemperaturecanopytranspirationcarbondioxideconcentrationtreeagetreebasalareatreeconditiontreediametertreeheight
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_18)This site is a verified "ICP Forests" member.
ICOS✔ (http://meta.icos-cp.eu/resources/stations/ES_CH-Dav)This site is a verified "ICOS" member.
European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)✖The affiliation of this site with "European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP)" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
TreeNet✔This site is a verified "TreeNet" member.
LTER Switzerland✔ (LTER_EU_CH_006)This site is a verified "LTER Switzerland" member.
Projects
AGAME
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
ExpeER
FLUXNet
FutMon
ICP Forests (Level I)
ICP Forests (Level II)
Photos
The Eddy covariance tower at LWF plot Davos. Photo: Marcus Schaub, 2011
The Eddy covariance tower at LWF plot Davos. Photo: Marcus Schaub, 2011
Geographic
Marker
50 m
200 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.8153458 Longitude: 9.8552112

Size
ca. 1.10ha
Elevation (average)
1650.00msl
Elevation (min)
1635.00msl
Elevation (max)
1665.00msl
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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
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
1.70°C
Precipitation Annual
997.00mm
Geology
Rock slide material from para-rocks of the Silvretta nappe
Vegetation
Woodland association after EK72: 58: Larici-Piceetum
Soils
Podzol, brown earth, Regosol
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 » Weekly
Observation devices » Lysimeter
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
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.