<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Establishment of the SMEAR Estonia at a hemiboreal mixed deciduous broad-leaved-evergreen needle-leaved forest at Järvselja, South-Eastern Estonia, has strongly enhanced the possibilities for national and international cooperation in the fields of forest ecosystem – atmosphere research and impacts of climatic changes on forest ecosystems, atmospheric trace gases, aerosols and air ions. The station provides a multitude of comprehensive continuously measured data covering key climatic and atmospheric characteristics (state and dynamics of solar radiation, trace gases, aerosols and air ions, meteorological parameters) and forest ecosystem traits (net primary productivity, individual tree growth, gas-exchange characteristics, soil variables). The station follows a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach covering processes in spatial dimensions ranging from nanometres to several hundred square kilometres, being thus able to significantly contribute to worldwide measurement networks and the SMEAR network. Here we present an overview of the station, its data produced and we envision future developments towards sustainable research and development of the large-scale scientific infrastructure SMEAR Estonia.</p></abstract>

Establishment of the SMEAR Estonia at a hemiboreal mixed deciduous broad-leaved-evergreen needle-leaved forest at Järvselja, South-Eastern Estonia, has strongly enhanced the possibilities for national and international cooperation in the fields of forest ecosystem – atmosphere research and impacts of climatic changes on forest ecosystems, atmospheric trace gases, aerosols and air ions. The station provides a multitude of comprehensive continuously measured data covering key climatic and atmospheric characteristics (state and dynamics of solar radiation, trace gases, aerosols and air ions, meteorological parameters) and forest ecosystem traits (net primary productivity, individual tree growth, gas-exchange characteristics, soil variables). The station follows a multidisciplinary and multiscale approach covering processes in spatial dimensions ranging from nanometres to several hundred square kilometres, being thus able to significantly contribute to worldwide measurement networks and the SMEAR network. Here we present an overview of the station, its data produced and we envision future developments towards sustainable research and development of the large-scale scientific infrastructure SMEAR Estonia.

SMEAR Estonia: Perspectives of a large-scale forest ecosystem – atmosphere research infrastructure

Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Estonian Academy of Sciences, Kohtu 6, 10130 Tallinn, Estonia

Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi 1, 51014 Tartu, Estonia

Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, 18 Ülikooli Street, 50090 Tartu, Estonia

Department of Forest Sciences, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Physics, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Forestry Studies

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Establishment of the SMEAR Estonia at a hemiboreal mixed deciduous broad-leaved-evergreen needle-leaved forest at Järvselja, South-Eastern Estonia, has...

SMEAR Estonia: Perspectives of a large-scale forest ecosystem – atmosphere research infrastructure

Published Online: Jun 08, 2016

Page range: 56 - 84

Received: Nov 05, 2015

Accepted: Dec 18, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fsmu-2015-0009

Keywords
Forest ecosystem and atmosphere measurements, SMEAR station, atmospheric aerosols and air ions, continuous observations

© 2015 Steffen M. Noe et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

SMEAR Estonia: Perspectives of a large-scale forest ecosystem – atmosphere research infrastructure

Published Online: Jun 08, 2016

Page range: 56 - 84

Received: Nov 05, 2015

Accepted: Dec 18, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fsmu-2015-0009

KeywordsForest ecosystem and atmosphere measurements, SMEAR station, atmospheric aerosols and air ions, continuous observations

© 2015 Steffen M. Noe et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Forest ecosystem and atmosphere measurements, SMEAR station, atmospheric aerosols and air ions, continuous observations