EnvThes
deprecated concept
LTER EU controlled vocabulary
[http://www.lter-europe.net/sites-platforms/categories] Highly instrumented and permanently operated sites, featuring an ecosystem approach in terms of combining regular sampling (weekly as standard), permanent measurements and inventories at appropriate intervals across drivers and ecosystem compartments. Design of sites customized according to the ecological profile of the site, enabling integrated analyses across system strata (geosphere to atmosphere) and covering therefore required spatial scales. Experimental approaches shall be existent or possible. All year access and power supply must be secured in order to enable e.g. measurement of climate data according to international standards. A maximum of other networks and/or related projects shall have been using this category of site. Operation for at least 10 years.
master site