Field Excursion Workshops
17-18 June 2010, north of Sweden
Two Workshops (field excursions) were carried out within SCARP (terrestrial ecosystem effects) to collect field data for ecosystem modelling. These two field excursions are part of a series of workshops where modellers and experimentalists within SCARP work together on measured and modelled data.
Visiting eight intensively monitored forest research sites in Sweden to collect data for input to the ecosystem model ForSAFE-Veg. Photo: Sofie Hellsten
Digging at each site to collect soil samples. Photo: Sofie Hellsten
Pit, 50 cm deep. Soil samples were collected at each soil layer. Photo: Cecilia Akselsson
The soil samples were collected in plastic bags for further analysis. Photo: Sofie Hellsten
The field team (both modellers and experimentalists): Lasse, Sofie, Annika, Cecilia and Salim. Photo: Anna Strom
What happens next?
The eight intensively monitored and/or manipulated sites will be simulated with the model ForSAFE-Veg, with focus on N leaching, plant community composition, or both.
Another workshop is planned (October 2010) to assess the modelling results, together with the experimentalists.
SCARP is funded by the Swedish Environment Protection Agency
