Working groups

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

Torgnon-Tronchaney



General information

  • Operator: ARPA Valle d'Aosta
  • Altitude: 2100m asl
  • Size: 6.19 ha
  • Established: 2005
  • Climate zone: subalpine
  • Ecosystem type: larch forest
  • Geology: wurmian/post wurmian moraine, sialic material
  • Soils: inceptisols
  • Point coordinates: 45.83°N, 7.56°E

Variables measured

  • Air temperature
  • Precipitation
  • Soil temperature
  • Soil moisture
  • Solar radiation
  • Snow depth
  • Snow density
  • Duration of snow cover
  • Snow water equivalent
  • Soil nutrients
  • Vegetation phenology
  • LAI
  • Biodiversity
  • Windspeed