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| Titel |
Development of the Finse Alpine Research Station towards a platform for multi-disciplinary research on Land-Atmosphere Interaction in Cold Environments (LATICE) |
| VerfasserIn |
John F. Burkhart, Sven Decker, Simon Filhol, John Hulth, Atle Nesje, Thomas V. Schuler, Stefan Sobolowski, Lena M. Tallaksen |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2017
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
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In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
| Datensatznummer |
250152037
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-16823.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The Finse Alpine Research Station provides convenient access to the Hardangervidda mountain
plateau in Southern Norway (60 deg N, 1222 m asl). The station is located above the tree-line in
vicinity to the west-eastern mountain water divide and is easily accessible by train from Bergen and
Oslo. The station itself offers housing and basic laboratory facilities and has been used for
ecological monitoring. Over the past years, studies on small-scale snow distribution and ground
temperature have been performed and accompanied by a suite of meteorological measurements.
Supported by strategic investments by the University of Oslo and ongoing research projects, these
activities are currently expanded and the site is developed towards a mountain field laboratory for
studies on Land-Atmosphere Interaction in Cold Environments, facilitated by the LATICE project
(www.mn.uio.no/latice). Additional synergy comes from close collaborations with a range of
institutions that perform operational monitoring close to Finse, including long-term time series of
meteorological data and global radiation. Through our activities, this infrastructure has been
complemented by a permanent tower for continuous Eddy-Covariance measurements along with
associated gas fluxes. A second, mobile covariance system is in preparation and will become
operational in 2017. In addition, a wireless sensor network is set up to grasp the spatial distributions
of basic meteorological variables, snow depth and glacier mass balance on the nearby
Hardangerjøkulen ice cap. While the research focus so far was on small scale processes (snow
redistribution), this is now being expanded to cover hydrological processes on the catchment and
regional scale. To this end, two discharge stations have been installed to gauge discharge from two
contrasting catchments (glacier dominated and non-glacierized). In this presentation, we provide an
overview over existing and planned infrastructure, field campaigns and research activities,
accompanied by available data, the result of some preliminary analysis and discuss opportunities for
future collaboration. |
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