Solling (Lower Saxony)

Location	Temperature (annual mean)	Precipitation (annual)	Elevation above sea level	Ecosystem
Lower Saxony	6.6 °C	1045 mm	505 m	Managed spruce forest

The measurement station was located in the Solling uplands in southern Lower Saxony in a managed spruce forest (Picea abies) at an elevation of 505 m above sea level. At the time of measurements, the forest stand had a mean tree height of 29 m with a tree age of approximately 130 years. The Leaf Area Index (LAI) was 7 m² m^-2. The climate is sub-maritime to sub-continental with a mean annual precipitation of 1045 mm and a mean annual temperature of 6.6°C.

The Solling uplands have been a research site since the 1960s. From 1990 to 2017, meteorological data as well as CO₂ and water exchange were recorded there at intervals using the eddy covariance method.

Selected Publications

Ibrom A, Jarvis PG, Clement R, Morgenstern K, Oltchev A, Medlyn BE, Wang YP, Wingate L, Moncrieff JB, Gravenhorst G (2006). A comparative analysis of simulated and observed photosynthetic CO2 uptake in two coniferous forest canopies. Tree Physiology 26, 845–864. doi: 10.1093/treephys/26.7.845

Jansen M, Bredemeier M (2004). Interdisciplinary forest ecosystem experiments at Solling, Germany – from plot scale to landscape level integration. For. Snow Landsc. Res.