TERENO - Harsleben - Germany

Basic Information
Site Name
TERENO - Harsleben
Short name
Harsleben
Country
Germany
Web Address
TERENO site Harsleben
Site Manager
Mark Frenzel
Funding Agency
UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Site Description
The sites Friedeburg, Greifenhagen, Harsleben, Schafstädt, Siptenfelde and Wanzleben are part of the TERENO Harz / Central German Lowland Observatory in Saxony-Anhalt run by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ. These sites have a focus on biodiversity monitoring in the “normal landscape” which is characterized by agricultural use (about 60 % coverage of Saxony-Anhalt). Each site is a 4x4 km landscape of mainly arable land and semi-natural habitats like e.g. hedges and forests. The site Harsleben is north of the city of Quedlinburg. A part of it was formerly military training area which was afterwards just grazed by sheep. The site is characterized by a mostly flat topography and has a mean elevation of 143 m asl. The total area covered by crop fields is 67 % and all semi-natural habitats summing up to 17 %.
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Last modified
2023-07-25 14:07:06

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2009
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.
TERENO✔This site is a verified "TERENO" member.
LTER-D (Germany)✔ (LTER_EU_DE_002_006)This site is a verified "LTER-D (Germany)" member.
Projects
Teabag
Photos
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Site Harsleben (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
Site Harsleben (Picture: UFZ / Mark Frenzel)
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 51.843905 Longitude: 11.074772

Size
ca. 1600.00ha
Elevation (average)
143.00msl
Elevation (min)
120.00msl
Elevation (max)
190.00msl
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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
Forest
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Temperate coniferous forests
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Atlantic Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Dry grasslands (E1)
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)
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)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Broadleaved deciduous woodland (G1) » Meso- and eutrophic oak, hornbeam, ash, sycamore, lime, elm and related woodland (G1.A)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Lines of trees, small anthropogenic woodlands, recently felled woodland, early-stage woodland and coppice (G5) » Lines of trees (G5.1)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4) » Mixed forestry plantations (G4.F)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Mixed deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4) » Mixed non-riverine deciduous and coniferous woodland (G4.8)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
10.20°C
Precipitation Annual
516.00mm
Landforms
Plain
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category V – Protected Landscape/Seascape/Area
Land Use
primary production
primary production » agriculture
primary production » agriculture » commercial agricultural production
primary production » forestry
primary production » forestry » forestry based on continuous cover
secondary production
secondary production » energy production
secondary production » energy production » renewable energy production
transport networks logistics and utilities
transport networks logistics and utilities » transport networks
transport networks logistics and utilities » transport networks » road transport
other uses
other uses » abandoned areas
other uses » natural areas not in other economic use
other uses » natural areas not in other economic use » land areas not in other economic use
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » GMS/UMTS
Equipment notes
Weather station
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
14
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
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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.