Bialowieza National Park - Poland

Basic Information
Site Name
Bialowieza National Park
Short name
Bialowieza National Park
Country
Poland
Site Manager
Bogdan Jaroszewicz
Site Description
primeval, deciduous forest, succession
Last modified
2021-02-23 10:02:38

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1962
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
LTER Poland✖ (LTER_EU_PL_002)The affiliation of this site with "LTER Poland" is not verified.
EuroMAB✖The affiliation of this site with "EuroMAB" is not verified.
Photos
Bialowieza National Park (c) Harm Smeenge
Bialowieza National Park (c) Harm Smeenge
Bialowieza National Park (c) Harm Smeenge
Bialowieza National Park (c) Harm Smeenge
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 52.75 Longitude: 23.8667

Size
~4747.00ha
Elevation (average)
153.00msl
Elevation (min)
134.00msl
Elevation (max)
172.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Grasslands
Biogeographical Region
Continental Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
6.70°C
Precipitation Annual
642.00mm
Protection Level (IUCN category)
Category II – National Park
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » Unknown number of beds
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » > 5 places
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related External Resources
There is a total of 2 datasets for this site available on the eLTER Digital Asset Register (DAR). Click here to get an overview of these datasets.
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.