Lonzée - Belgium

Basic Information
Site Name
Lonzée
Short name
BE-Lon
Country
Belgium
Web Address
Lonzée Terrestrial Observatory of ICOS Belgium
Site Manager
Bernard Heinesch
Site Description
The site is a cropland with a 4-year rotation. Fluxes of CO2 and water vapour are measured by an eddy covariance system. Research activities are carried out by the university of Liège (GxABT).
Last modified
2024-09-12 09:09:58

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2004
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_33)This site is a verified "LTER Belgium" member.
ICOS✔ (http://meta.icos-cp.eu/resources/stations/ES_BE-Lon)This site is a verified "ICOS" member.
Projects
CarboEurope
EuroFLUX
FLUXNet
Photos
Measurement tower in the cropfield
Measurement tower in the cropfield
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 50.55159 Longitude: 4.74613

Size
ca. 19.67ha
Elevation (average)
167.00msl
Elevation (min)
163.00msl
Elevation (max)
172.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1) » Intensive unmixed crops (I1.1)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.50°C
Precipitation Annual
800.00mm
Geology
The soil is composed of 18?22% clay, 5?10% sand and 68?77% silt and contained 3.7 kg m-2 total organic carbon in September 2004.
Vegetation
The site is cropland with a 4-year rotation : sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Soils
The soil is a Luvisol (FAO classification).
Hydrology
The crop has a drainage.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
micro sites
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » 1-5 kW
Equipment notes
1 mast carries eddy covariance sensors : an infrared gas analyser (LI-7200, Li-cor), a sonic anemometer (HS-50, Gill)
1 mast carries a pyrradiometer (CNR4, Kipp & Zonen)
1 mast carries other meteo sensors (pressure, air temperature, air relative humidity, PPFD, canopy temperature)
3 soils profiles give soil temperature, soil water content, soil heat fluxes
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
15
Maintenance Interval
15
General Data Policy
Legal permission for dataset use is obtained
Data Policy URL
http://www.europe-fluxdata.eu/
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.