Rodnei Calimani - Romania

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Site Name
Rodnei Calimani
Short name
Rodnei Calimani
Country
Romania
Site Manager
Ionel Popa
Site Description
Rodna-Calimani site is located in the north part of Eastern Carpathians. The site consist on two national park (Rodna Mountain National Park and Calimani National Park) and one Biosphere reserve (Pietrosul Rodnei). Forest cover more 50% of the site. The main forestry species are beech (Fagus sylvatica), spruce (Picea abies), mountain pine (Pinus mugo), fir (Abies alba), maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), birch (Betula pendula), alder (Alnus viridis), Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia). Pinus cembra population are the only one from Eastern Carpathians and is probably one of the most representative of the Carpathian Mountains. Long term research consisting on climate and tree growth continuous monitoring was placed in 2007. Several permanent plots for natural forest stand dynamics were established starting with 1976.
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2021-11-23 11:11:20

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2003
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Romania✔ (LTER_EU_RO_005)This site is a verified "LTER Romania" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 47.3217 Longitude: 24.9558

Size
ca. 71733.00ha
Elevation (average)
1450.00msl
Elevation (min)
600.00msl
Elevation (max)
2300.00msl
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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
Alpine
Forest
Rivers
Small rivers
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Habitat complexes (X)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
2.30°C
Precipitation Annual
1200.00mm
Geology
Geologically, the Rodna Mountains consist mainly of crystallyne layers. The limestone bedrock facilitated the development of a karst landscape with remarkable caves (Izvorul Albastru al Izei, Cobasel, Baia lui Schneider). The lakes, situated at 1800-1950m, are another element of landscape present in these mountains: Iezer, Taurile Buhaiescului, Lala Mare, Lala Mica, Stiol.
Vegetation
A variety of plants, more than 1100 species of flowering plants and numerous glacial relics, makes up the flora of the park. There is also an endemic species for The Rodna Mountains: Lychnis nivalis.
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
60
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
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.