These webinars are part of eLTER SPF Webinars

eLTER Standard Observation Protocols

These webinars will give you an overview of the protocols to cover the Standard Observations of different spheres. We are working on the schedule and precise timings will be communicated as soon as they are confirmed. Please indicate your interest below.

Preliminary schedule for spring 2026 looks like this:

• Introduction – 3 Mar 13-14 CET
• Biosphere – 10 Mar 15-16 CET
• Atmosphere I (abiotic SOs) – 31 Mar 13-14 CET
• Geosphere – 14 April 13-14 CET
• Socio-/Anthroposphere – TBC
• Hydrosphere – 5 May 13- 14 CET & 12 May 13-14 CET

All are welcome to join this open and free webinar but registration is required.

eLTER SPF webinar: Standard observations - Protocols per sphere

Protocols

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There are many Standard Observations and respective protocols per sphere, and both prime and basic methods, and only limited time in the webinars. Please indicate below which protocols are the most interesting for you. The information will be used to select the protocols on which the webinar will focus.

For information on eLTER Standard Observations, please see this preprint of a paper soon to be published: https://essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.22541/essoar.175130653.38919874

Level of measurements

	Prime methods	Basic methods	Both	Neither
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydroshere
Geosphere
Anthroposphere

Atmosphere

	much interest	some interest	no interest
SOATM_027 Meteorological data
SOATM_028 Radiation
SOATM_098 Soil heat flux
SOATM_103 Atmospheric deposition in precipitation
SOATM_108 Dry deposition of N-components
SOATM_176 Eddy covariance
SOATM_023 Forest - Aboveground biomass
SOATM_177 Tree growth
SOATM_024 Non-forest - Aboveground biomass
SOATM_090 Gross primary production
SOATM_091 Transpiration
SOATM_092 Forests - Litterfall
SOATM_015 Phenological traits (Remote Sensing)
SOATM_016 Phenological traits (on-site)
SOATM_025 Forest - LAI
SOATM_026 Non-forest - LAI
SOATM_095 Leaf - Elements
SOATM_140 Vegetation - LiDAR

Biosphere

	much interest	some interest	no interest
SOBIO_014 Flying insects
SOBIO_017 Vegetation - composition
SOBIO_018 Acoustic recording
SOBIO_019 Pollen and spores
SOBIO_021 eDNA Water
SOBIO_022 eDNA soil
SOBIO_096 Surface water - Pigments

Hydrosphere

	much interest	some interest	no interest
SOHYD_004 Standing water - Profiles chemical/physical waters properties
SOHYD_005 Running water - chemical/physical properties
SOHYD_006 Groundwater - chemical/physical properties
SOHYD_169 Running water - Carbon concentration
SOHYD_170 Standing water - Carbon concentration
SOHYD_171 Surface water - Major ion concentrations
SOHYD_010 Running water level
SOHYD_172 Running water - nutrients
SOHYD_173 Standing water - Profiles nutrients
SOHYD_011 Standing water - Ice cover/thickness
SOHYD_012 Snow
SOHYD_168 Soil water content/temperature
SOHYD_058 Surface water - Stable isotopes
SOHYD_059 Groundwater - Stable Isotopes
SOHYD_062 Groundwater - Major ion concentrations
SOHYD_064 Groundwater - Nutrients
SOHYD_164 Glacier - front variation
SOHYD_165 Glacier - mass balance
SOHYD_166 Glacier - area
SOHYD_174 Standing water - Secchi-depth

Geosphere

	much interest	some interest	no interest
SOGEO_001 Soil inventory
SOGEO_003 Soil chemical and physical properties
SOGEO_167 Soil water chemistry
SOGEO_048 Soil infiltration
SOGEO_155 Sediment (aquatic/marine)

Anthroposphere

	much interest	some interest	no interest
SOSOC_031 Agricultural yield
SOSOC_030 Land-based income
SOSOC_114 Livestock
SOSOC_032 Governance structure and character
SOSOC_036 Land cover
SOSOC_037 Land use statistics and stakeholders
SOSOC_040 Ecosystem service profile
SOSOC_042 Economics
SOSOC_043 Demography
SOSOC_044 Employment
SOSOC_045 Consumption
SOSOC_183 Resource use
SOSOC_184 Subsidies

eLTER SPF webinar: Standard observations - Protocols per sphere

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