DRAIN Station
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Description
In 2013, the long-term outdoor experiment DRAIN (“Ecological Impact of Droughts and Heavy RAINs on forest soils”) was launched in the Rosalia training forest. Here, the nutrient and water balance of the forest and the soil biodiversity in a typical beech stand under natural and climate change conditions are being investigated.
In the DRAIN experiment, precipitation is controlled by irrigation systems and so-called “rain-out shelters”, although the total amount of precipitation remains constant. “Rain Out Shelters” are specialized structures that keep precipitation away from certain areas to simulate drought stress. Since 2020, the deposition rate of nitrate has also been controlled in the DRAIN experiment.
In the DRAIN experiment, precipitation is controlled by irrigation systems and so-called “rain-out shelters”, although the total amount of precipitation remains constant. “Rain Out Shelters” are specialized structures that keep precipitation away from certain areas to simulate drought stress. Since 2020, the deposition rate of nitrate has also been controlled in the DRAIN experiment.
