Rebetez Martine

Meteorological Observations in Long-term Forest Ecosystem Research Plots

Project Number: WSL 6.95.937

Project Type:	Research_Project
Project Duration:	01/01/1996 - 12/31/1999
Funding Source:	WSL ,
Project Leader:	Prof. Martine Rebetez Walddynamik / Ökosystem-Ökologie Institut de Géographie IGG, Université de Neuchâtel WSL Espace Tilo-Frey 1 2000 Neuchâtel Phone: +41 (0) 32 718 15 10 ; +41 (0) 32 718 18 12 FAX: +41 (0) 32 718 17 01 e-Mail: martine.rebetez(at)wsl.ch http://www.wsl.ch/

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Research Areas:

Monitoring

Disciplines:

meteorology
climatology, atmospheric physics, aeronomy
forestry
forestry and agricultural sciences

Keywords:
Climate
climate change
global change
impacts of climate change
forests
mountain forests
microclimate
temperature
precipitation
vegetation
permanent observation
biodiversity

Abstract:
Rationale

Meteorological factors play an important part in plant phenology. Long-term records from the Swiss Meterorological Institute (SMI, MeteoSwiss) indicate that climate is changing in Switzerland, particularly in the mountains. Warming appears to be much more important at this scale than on the global scale. These regional climate changes are likely to have an effect on forest ecosystems. However, to document these changes, and to understand the short-term dynamics in the ecosystems, site-specific meteorological data are required. In addition, detailed analyses of specific aspects of the evolution of climate in Switzerland are necessary.

Project aims

To collect continuous meteorological data from inside and outside the plots. To determine the climatic characteristics of each plot.

To identify changes in stand microclimate during the course of the project.

To compare microclimatic conditions inside and outside the research plots.

Establishment of a meteorological LTFER-database. Linking of LTFER-data with those of the Swiss Climate Database (SMI, MeteoSwiss) and analyses of specific aspects of the evolution of climate in Switzerland.

The following variables are collected: air temperature, air humidity, wind speed, wind direction, solar radiation, PAR, UV-B radiation, precipitation.

URL: http://www.wsl.ch/fe/walddynamik/projekte/meteorologische_datenerfassung/index_EN

Publications:
Dobbertin M., Hilker N., Rebetez M., Zimmermann N., Wohlgemuth T., Rigling A., 2005. The upward shift in altitude of pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) in Switzerland - the result of climate warming? International Journal of Biometeorology, 50: 40-47.

Reinhard M., Rebetez M., Schlaepfer R., 2005. Recent Climate Change: Rethinking drought in the Context of Forest Fire Research in Ticino, South of Switzerland, Theor. Appl. Clim, published online March 31.

Rebetez M., 2004. Summer 2003 maximum and minimum daily temperatures over a 3300 m altitudinal range in the Alps, Clim. Res. 27:45-50.

Rebetez M., Dobbertin. M., 2004. Climate change may already threaten Scots pine stands in the Swiss Alps, Theor. Appl. Climatol., 79, 1-9.

Rebetez M., Reinhard M., Buttler A., 2004. Forests, Tree physiology and Climate. Encyclopedia of Forest Sciences, Academic Press, London, pp. 1644-1655.

Rebetez M., Saurer M., Cherubini P. 2003. To what extent can oxygen isotopes in tree rings be used to reconstruct past atmospheric temperature? Climatic Change, 61: 237-248.

Rebetez M., 2001. Changes in daily and nightly day-to-day temperature variability during the twentieth century for two stations in Switzerland. Theor. Appl. Clim, 69, 13-21.


Last update: 12/23/16
Source of data: ProClim- Research InfoSystem (1993-2024)
Update the data of project: CH-189

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