IT02-Forests of the Alps - Italy

Basic Information
Site Name
IT02-Forests of the Alps
Short name
IT02
Country
Italy
Web Address
LTER-Italy website
Operating Organisation
Carabinieri, Forest and Environmental Protection Dpt.
Site Manager
Giancarlo Papitto
Claudia Cindolo
Site Description
This Site is a macrosite that groups 5 Sites located on the Italian Alps, covered by primary or secondary Picea abies dominated forests, ranging from 800 to 1800 m a.s.l. spread from the Eastern Alps to the Central Alps. 4 of these 5 sites belong to ICP F
Relationships to other sites
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Last modified
2023-07-25 08:07:16

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2006
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 Italia (Italy)✔ (LTER_EU_IT_002)This site is a verified "LTER Italia (Italy)" member.
Photos
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 46.3879 Longitude: 11.5623

Size
ca. 500.00ha
Elevation (average)
1481.00msl
Elevation (min)
820.00msl
Elevation (max)
1880.00msl
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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
Forest
Biogeographical Region
Alpine Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
4.48°C
Precipitation Annual
1177.20mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Maintenance infrastructure » Snow clearing equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
30
General Data Policy
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using 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.