Istituto Scientifico Angelo Mosso

General information

• Operator: Università degli Studi di Torino - DISAFA
• Altitude: 2500-3100m asl
• Size: 90.00 ha
• Established: 1907
• Climate zone: alpine
• Ecosystem type: tundra
• Geology: micaschists, with some inclusions of ophiolites and calcicschists
• Soils: leptosol, regosol, umbrisol (WRB)
• Point coordinates: 45.877°N, 7.872°E

Variables measured

• Air temperature
• Precipitation
• Soil temperature
• Snow depth
• Duration of snow cover
• Soil nutrients
• Atmospheric deposition
• Water biology