Heathland reserve De Zoom-Kalmthoutse heide - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Heathland reserve De Zoom-Kalmthoutse heide
Short name
Kalmthoutse heide
Country
Belgium
Operating Organisation
Agency For Nature and Forest (ANB)
Site Manager
Geert De Blust
Site Description
heathland and inland dunes with conifer forest, including a strict forest reserve (Withoefse heide - monitoring since 1975)
Last modified
2023-08-08 09:08:25

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1968
Observed properties
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_08)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
Projects
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Photos
not defined
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.39136 Longitude: 4.404831

Size
ca. 400.00ha
Elevation (average)
23.00msl
Elevation (min)
19.00msl
Elevation (max)
32.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Temperate shrub heathland (F4)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Temperate shrub heathland (F4) » Dry heaths (F4.2)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
11.00°C
Precipitation Annual
824.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
0
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
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.