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Landslides (translational and rotational failures, debris flows, rock avalanches, rock falls, etc.) number among the most abundant natural hazards in Lower Austria. Resulting from sporadic phases of activity it is essential to generate specific long-term measurement series, enabling the analysis of changes in surface movements as well as underground in connection with triggering factors. Therefore, in 2014 the project \u201cNoeSLIDE \u2013 Monitoring diverse types of landslides in Lower Austria\u201d was initiated. The research sites are compiled under the parent site \u0022LTER NoeSLIDE\u0022 which has three subsites, of which one is the Salcher Landslide Observatory. \r\n\r\nThe Salcher landslide is located in the municipality of Gresten, Scheibbs district, Province of Lower Austria. It is located on an unwooded hillside area that slopes from west to east (at around 435 to 470 m above sea level \/ slope between 5 \u00b0 and max. 20 \u00b0) and is enclosed on three sides by anthropogenic features (streets \/ houses). The processes at the Salcher landslide are to be classified as rotational landslide, with more than one sliding surface being assumed. The currently active area is ~ 4,000 m\u00b2, the area to be potentially activated is ~ 20,000 m\u00b2. In addition to traditional methods such as the installation of a weather station, piezometers, inclinometers, TDR (time-domain reflectometry) probes, GNSS (global navigation satellite system), Tachymeters, methods such as continuous terrestrial laser scanning, UAV applications and permanent geoelectric are used.","citation":null,"relatedIdentifiers":null,"status":{"label":"Operational","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/elter_cl\/10772"},"yearEstablished":2014,"yearClosed":null,"relatedSites":[{"typeOfRelationship":{"label":"belongs to","uri":"null"},"listOfSites":[{"type":"site","title":"LTER NoeSLIDE - Austria","id":{"prefix":"https:\/\/deims.org\/","suffix":"18998d9a-7ff5-4e9d-a971-9694e0a4914d"},"changed":"2023-07-24T11:38:31+0200"}]}],"siteName":"Gresten - Am Salcher Landslide Observatory","shortName":"Gresten - Am Salcher","siteType":"Stationary land-based site","protectionLevel":[{"label":"Category V \u2013 Protected Landscape\/Seascape\/Area","uri":"http:\/\/dd.eionet.europa.eu\/vocabularyconcept\/cdda\/IucnCategoryValue\/V"}],"landUse":null,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/deims.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-12\/Salcher_0.PNG","alt":"View on the Salcher landslide towards east"}]},"environmentalCharacteristics":{"airTemperature":{"yearlyAverage":7,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"\u00b0C","referencePeriod":null},"precipitation":{"yearlyAverage":1213,"monthlyAverage":null,"unit":"mm","referencePeriod":null},"biogeographicalRegion":"alpine","biome":"agricultural","ecosystemType":[{"label":"Agricultural","uri":null}],"eunisHabitat":null,"landforms":null,"geoBonBiome":null,"geology":"The Salcher landslide is located in a geologically complex zone in the immediate transition area between the flysch zone, the Grestner cliff zone and the Northern Limestone Alps. The deeply weathered rocks of this area and their high proportion of clay and its weathering products are among the main reasons for the fact that this area has one of the highest susceptibility to landslides in Lower Austria and in Austria as a whole (see, among others, Gottschling 2006; Petschko et al. 2014).","hydrology":null,"soils":null,"vegetation":null},"geographic":{"boundaries":"POLYGON ((15.018144 47.979747, 15.019979 47.979783, 15.020161 47.980214, 15.019013 47.980372, 15.018488 47.980336, 15.018144 47.979747))","coordinates":"POINT (15.019013 47.980148)","country":["Austria"],"elevation":{"avg":450,"min":435,"max":470,"unit":"msl"},"size":{"value":2,"unit":"ha"},"relatedLocations":null},"focusDesignScale":{"experiments":{"design":null,"scale":null},"observations":{"design":"mainly observation","scale":"plot without link to explicit catchment"},"observedProperties":[{"label":"air humidity","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22032"},{"label":"air temperature","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22035"},{"label":"atmospheric parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20937"},{"label":"atmospheric pressure","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22060"},{"label":"electrical conductivity","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/21552"},{"label":"precipitation intensity","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22204"},{"label":"soil classification","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/21909"},{"label":"soil moisture content","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/10039"},{"label":"soil parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20944"},{"label":"soil particle size","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22265"},{"label":"solar radiation","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22284"},{"label":"water parameter","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/20945"},{"label":"wind direction","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22317"},{"label":"wind speed","uri":"http:\/\/vocabs.lter-europe.net\/EnvThes\/22319"}]},"infrastructure":{"accessibleAllYear":true,"accessType":"regular car","allPartsAccessible":true,"maintenanceInterval":12,"permanentPowerSupply":true,"operation":{"permanent":true,"notes":null,"siteVisitInterval":12},"notes":null,"collection":[{"label":"Cable based","uri":null},{"label":"Central station(s)","uri":null},{"label":"GMS\/UMTS","uri":null},{"label":"Less than 10 m above canopy","uri":null},{"label":"Other data services","uri":null},{"label":"Probe continuous measurements","uri":null},{"label":"Spatial database (GIS)","uri":null},{"label":"XML database","uri":null}],"data":{"policy":{"url":null,"rights":null,"notes":null}}},"relatedResources":null,"projectRelated":{"lter":{"lterSiteClassification":null}}}}