Working groups

Promoting Long-Term Ecological Research in Mountains (2011-2013)

Mont Avic

General information

  • Operator: Parco Natural Mont Avic
  • Altitude: 2340m asl
  • Size: 0.25 ha
  • Established: 2002
  • Climate zone: montane, subalpine
  • Ecosystem type: forest, pastures, meadows
  • Geology: ophiolites and calcschists complexes
  • Soils: inceptisols, entisols
  • Point coordinates: 45.65°N, 7.6°E
  • Mont Avic (AVIC), (Champdepraz, Aosta) website
  • Parco Natural Mont Avic website
  • Site manager: Umberto Morra di Cella

Variables measured

  • Air temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Soil temperature
  • Soil moisture
  • Solar radiation
  • Snow depth
  • Snow density
  • Duration of snow cover
  • Snow water equivalent
  • Windspeed