Moesvatn - Norway

Basic Information
Site Name
Moesvatn
Short name
Moesvatn
Country
Norway
Site Manager
Erik Framstad
Site Description
long-term terrestrial ecosystems monitoring site located in mountainous rolling hill landscape in north boreal birch forest and low alpine vegetation zones
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:55

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General Characteristics, Purpose, History
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1992
Purpose
long-term terrestrial ecosystems monitoring of biodievrsity components (ground vegetation, epiphytes, small mammals, birds) in response to natural dynamics, long-range pollution, climate change
Geographic
Size
10000.00ha
Elevation (average)
1020.00msl
Elevation (min)
880.00msl
Elevation (max)
1280.00msl
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Norway✔ (LTER_EU_NO_012)This site is a verified "LTER Norway" member.
Projects
Norwegian Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring
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Centroid coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
-0.43°C
Air Temperature Range (Monthly Minimum)
-9.00°C
Air Temperature Range (Monthly Maximum)
8.90°C
Precipitation Annual
815.90mm
Precipitation Maximum Monthly
96.50mm
Precipitation Minimum Monthly
33.20mm
Site Type (Spatial Design)
Simple Site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Infrastructure notes
there are no allocated facilities
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Power Supply
No
Permanent Operation
No
Operation Notes
sampling for fauna is annual, for ground vegetation and epiphytes every 5 yrs
LTER Site Classification
Regular
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.