CH-FOR, Forel

Site Description

Cropland of a dairy farm with a forage crop rotation with two years of temporary grassland followed by maize and winter wheat. Flux measurements started in March 2024 and are expected to last until 2027. The station is part of the DONA project.

Location

• Altitude: 752 m a.s.l.
• Site name: Forel, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
• Land cover (IGBP land classification): Cropland (CRO)
• Land use: Typical intensive crop rotation under the Swiss Integrated Pest Management regime (IP Suisse).
• Coordinates: 46°31’37.9″ N / 6°45’34.3″ E (46.527194, 6.759528) (Google Maps)
• Location description: Forel is located southeast on the Jorat plateau, north of Lac Léman in the Vaud Midlands.
• FLUXNET ID: –

Climate

Nearby meteo stations

• Meteoswiss: Oron (Google Maps) Data since: 1 Feb 1991 | 828 m a.s.l. | in 10 km distance

Vegetation

• (in progress)

Soil

• Soils in the region have been classified as Cambisols with a clayey silt texture (État de Vaud, 1993)

Data

Current Flux Products

None yet.

Available Level-1 Fluxes

• For info about the different flux levels, see Flux Processing Chain

None yet.

Eddy covariance raw data files

• Overview of eddy covariance raw data files since 2006: EC Raw Binary Format (CH-FOR)

Photos

Webcam

• (in progress)

Fieldbook

• Fieldbook detailing work at the site since 2023 (internal)

News

More Info

• • (in progress)

Last Updated on 5 May 2024 23:04