Vielsalm Terrestrial Observatory - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Vielsalm Terrestrial Observatory
Short name
Vielsalm
Country
Belgium
Web Address
Lonzee Terrestrial Observatory of ICOS Belgium
Site Manager
Caroline Vincke
Site Description
The site is a mixed mature forest composed mainly of Fagus Sylvatica, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Picea abies. The soil (100-150 cm deep) is a silty and stony soil with B structural horizon composed by schist and phyllades. Fluxes of CO2 and water vapour and micrometeorological measurements are performed above the forest by an eddy-covariance system installed on a tower since 1996. During the successive measurement years, several complementary campaigns have been organised : forest inventory, automatic soil respiration measurements, advection, ecosystem water budget, diffusion of CO2 and stable isotopes in soil, volatile organic compounds fluxes, soil carbon content inventory, monthly evolution of nitrogen deposition... Research ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1996
Observed properties
atmospheric parametersoil parameterecosystem parameterbiological parameterchemical parameterwater parameterdiffuseradiationintensitydirectradiationintensityglobalradiationirradianceheatfluxincomingradiationintensityinterceptionplantcarbonconcentrationprecipitationintensitysnowdepthsolarradiationwinddirectionwindspeedcarbon-to-nitrogenratiopotentialevaporationsoilbulkdensitysoildrybulkdensitysoilgravimetricwatercontentsoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilporositysoiltemperaturesoilvolumetricwatercontentsoilwatercontentsoilwiltingpointdiversityindexecosystemstructureforeststructuresapwoodareasoilheatfluxspeciesturnovertreediameteratbreastheighttreedistributionvegetationlayercompositionvegetationlayerstructurecanopycoverrateleafarealeafarearatioplanttranspirationrootdensitytreeagetreebasalareatreediametertreeheightcarbondioxidefluxpersoilhorizoncationexchangecapacityinorganiccarboncontentinorganicnitrogencontentsoilpHwatercontent
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 Belgium✔ (LTER_EU_BE_16)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
ICOS✖ (http://meta.icos-cp.eu/resources/stations/ES_BE-Vie)The affiliation of this site with "ICOS" is not verified by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
NEC Directive (2016/2284)
AGAME
FLUXNet
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
Marker
300 m
500 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 50.305068 Longitude: 5.998052

Size
ca. 2.00ha
Elevation (average)
493.00msl
Elevation (min)
493.00msl
Elevation (max)
493.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
7.80°C
Precipitation Annual
1062.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing frequency » Monthly
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Telephone line
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
15
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
LTER Site Classification
Master
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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

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