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Loobos

Situated in the middle of the Netherlands, ICOS Ecosystem station Loobos is one of the longest continuously running measuring sites in the world.
Netherlands
33 m
Altitude
10.2 °C
Mean annual temperature
900.0 mm
Mean annual precipitation
Marine west coast (Cfb)
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NL-Loo
NL
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2023-05-23
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The Loobos site (ICOS code NL-Loo) is located near Kootwijk, on the Veluwe. The forest was planted around the year 1909 on sand dunes to fight sandstorms and also for the wood to serve in the mines in Limburg (Southern NL). The forest has been growing since then and was exposed to very little management. In all directions the forest extends for more than 1.5 km.
Marine west coast (Cfb)
Evergreen Needleleaf Forests
10.2 °C
900.0 mm
113.99 W/m2
52.166447, 5.74355
33 m
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Acknowledgements

Funder Award number Award Start date End date Comment
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) National Roadmap for Large-Scale Research Facilities Ruisdael Observatory for Atmospheric Research 2019-01-01 2027-12-31

Current staff

Name Role (ICOS vocabulary) Start date
Sjoerd Barten Data Manager 2023-06-01
Bart Kruijt Researcher 2021-02-26
Ron Lootens Engineer 2021-02-26
Henk Snellen Engineer 2021-02-26
Henk Snellen Data Manager 2020-01-01
Michiel van der Molen Principal Investigator 2021-02-25
Hong Zhao Data Manager 2024-05-01

Former staff

Name Role (ICOS vocabulary) Start date End date
Reinder Ronda Data Manager 2021-02-26 2022-12-31