CH-FOR, Forel
Contents
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
| wdt_ID | Site & Year | SA | GA | CO2 | H2O | N2O | CH4 | Current Version | EFDC Version | EFDC Upload | EFDC Calcs | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | CH-FOR 2024 | HS50 | IRGA72 | CO2 | H2O | check | check | 04 Mar 2025 | NEW | |||
| 154 | CH-FOR LGR 2024 | HS50 | LGR | N2O | CH4 | check | check | 04 Mar 2025 | NEW | |||
| Site & Year | SA | GA | CO2 | H2O | N2O | CH4 | Current Version | EFDC Version | EFDC Upload | EFDC Calcs | Details |
Eddy covariance raw data files
- Overview of eddy covariance raw data files since 2006: EC Raw Binary Format (CH-FOR)
Meteorological data
- Plots of recent meteo data (view on Grafana)
- List of meteorological variables currently recorded at the site: List of Variables (view on Grafana)
Photos
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Webcam
- (in progress)
Fieldbook
News
Short Report – QA/QC Meeting 29 Jan 2026
The new Short Report with an overview of recent fluxes and meteo data can be downloaded from here: Short Report - QAQC Meeting 29 Jan 2026.pdf ... Read More
Short Report – QA/QC Meeting 18 Dec 2025
The new Short Report with an overview of recent fluxes and meteo data can be downloaded from here: Short Report - QAQC Meeting 18 Dec 2025 ... Read More
Added: Info about logging scripts for EC raw data
Added info about the used logging script to pages giving info about the eddy covariance raw data files(e.g., here for CH-FRU). The logging script sonicread (PDF) was used at all sites since 2004. In recent years (starting in 2023 with the site CH-FRU), we started to migrate EC raw data ... Read More
More Info
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- (in progress)
Last Updated on 22 Dec 2025 12:19