Hochjochferner (glacier) is located between the Schnalstal and the Venter valley. It extends over an area of 612 ha from the Grawandspitze (3.251 m) and the Fineilspitze (3.514 m) to the Hochjoch (2.750 m) and into the Rofen valley. The western part of the glacier was used as year-round ski area until 2012.

http://meteo.gozdis.si/?page_id=50 (only in SLO language)

Hintereisferner (glacier) is located at the end of Rofen valley between 2500 and 3750 m altitude. The glacier is situated in Naturpark Ötztal, and one of the glaciers with longest records of glacier mass balance worldwide. In addition to that, a number of hydrological and meteorological observations complete the data base. Currently, 3 weather stations and 6 rain gauges provide data. Topographic and land cover data are available, in the recent years on an annual base. The area is used for Alpine tourism (but without a hut in the basin), for limited hunting and growing a few sheeps.

Mt. Jirisan is located in the southern region of South Korea. It is largest in its size, second highest and dedicated as the first national park in South Korea. It is at the southern end of Backdudaegan mountain ranges. Mt. Jirisan site in Gurae County is located in the very vicinity of the national park and is the second KLTER(Korea Long Term Ecological Research) station by Ministry of Environment and National Institute of Ecology. The site suffered natural forest fire in 1999 and 2000 in a row that combusted vegetation about 13 and 7 hectares respectively. Since that time, some tree species were planted in some of the area. In 2010, the county designated the forest area of 155 ha including the KLTER site as the Gurae Ecoforest and has managed the forest for ecological stability. The area is composed of a variety of ecosystems like secondary pine forest as major vegetation, naturally rehabilitated area, thinning area, reforested area.

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O Peld Sitio 17 conta com uma boa infraestrutura, embora haja necessidade de ampliação da mesma para o amplo aproveitamento da estrutura montada. No local contamos com um bom apoio do Parna Serra do Cipó, que possui uma área construída de mais 2000m2. O parque conta atualmente com duas casas que tem sido utilizadas com certa freqüência por pesquisadores. Estas estão localizadas a 800 e 1500 metros de altitude facilitando os estudos no gradiente altitudinal. Não há problemas com água, eletricidade e telefone, embora o acesso a internet seja ainda precário. Atualmente, há necessidade de maior entendimento por parte daquela instituição para com a pesquisa, uma das funções que foram o pilar para a criação das UCs no país. Esperamos poder ampliar esta colaboração através de reunião com os dirigentes locais e federais pois tanto o ICMBio quanto pesquisadores se beneficiam com a pesquisa. Embora o ICMBio possua veículos os mesmo não podem ser utilizados por terceiros, o que representa um enorme problema. Todavia, neste edital foi propiciado a aquisição de veículos o que é importante para este e qualquer outro projeto, visto que as Universidades e institutos geralmente não fornecem este apoio sem o pagamento de diárias para os motoristas (além do número limitado de veículos e motoristas). Na e APA Morro da Pedreira há mais de 100 pousadas e três bons hotéis. A região dista apenas 60 km do Aeroporto Internacional de Confins e 100 km de B. Horizonte. A realização do projeto na fase I foi, por outro lado, garantida através da parceria estabelecida com os moradores do local, os quais estão acostumados com a figura do cientista. Assim, contamos com o apoio total de pousadas (Serra Morena, Pouso do Elefante), empresas (Cedro) e ainda da Reserva Vellozia, a qual forneceu apoio logístico, alojamento e laboratório para o desenvolvimento das atividades o projeto.

FKL is the atmospheric research station of the Environmental Chemical Processes Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete. The station is situated at Finokalia (35°20'N, 25°40'E ) on the north coast of Crete. The nearest large urban centre is Heraklion with 150000 inhabitants located 70 km west of Finokalia. The station is located at the top of a hilly elevation (250 m asl) facing the sea within a sector 270° to 90°. No significant human activities occur at a distance shorter than 15 km within the above mentioned sector. The area is characterized by the existence of two well-distinguished seasons: the dry season (from April to September) mainly characterised by increased levels of pollution and biomass burning events and the wet season (from October to April). Important transport from Sahara (S/SW winds; occurrence up to 20%) takes place during the intermediate season (spring and autumn).

Shirahama is situated in the southern part of the west coast of the Kii Peninsula, and in the bay mouth of Tanaba Bay, which is situated at the point where Kii Strait meets the Pacific Ocean. The habitat around Shirahama includes rocky shore, sandy beach and mud flat.

The Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW) is a relatively pristine, 104 km2, basin reserved for meteorologic, hydrologic, and ecologic research, with no current human influence (other than scientific research). The CPCRW is the only research watershed in the United States located in the region of discontinuous permafrost, which comprises a large portion of Alaska and most of interior Alaska.

The Johnsbach river basin is situated in the Ennstal Alps (Styria) and covers an area of approximately 65 km2. Elevations range from 600–700 m in the valley to over 2,300 m in the summit regions. Due to its status as a comparatively small, high Alpine river headwatershed, research activities have a strong regional context. The Johnsbach valley is an area of high diversity in a variety of aspects, geological framework, relief energy, morphological and hydrological dynamics, or gradients in meteorological variables. Similarly, the economic interests are also varying: forest management, Alpine pasture farming, water resource economics, tourism (mountaineering, recreation, in winter skiing and dog sledding), and "no use" (national park). The catchment is situated in the administrative area of the community Johnsbach, the northern part belongs to the Gesaeuse National Park. The Johnsbachtal test site is located in a high-lying valley in the northern part of Styria and is surrounded by the Gesaeuse mountains in the North, East and West and by the Western Eisenerzer Alps in the South. The landscape is dominated by high Alpine rock formations, forests and meadows with highest elevations found at the sumit of Hochtor (2369 m). The lower altitudes of 700-900 m are partly covered by settlements. The area has been chosen for the construction of a hydrometeorological station network out of various reasons: The complex topographic, hydrological, geological, geomorphological and meteorological conditions found here pose a scientific challenge for all kinds of environmental monitoring and modelling. The region itself is a classic representative of suistanably tourism regions with, compared to other sites, a moderate number of visitors throughout the year. Covering an area of 65 km2, it is of reasonable size to allow the application of environmental models at high temporal and spatial resolution. Finally, its closeness to the city of Graz and the enormous support of the local communities make this region an ideal site for the establishment of an environmental monitoring network. The main concerns of current activities are: - hydroclimatological measurements - geomorphology and sediment budgets - long-term monitoring - research cooperations - education and training - sustainable tourism and management - model development, parameterization and validation To achieve these goals, a network of hydroclimatological stations has been installed at the following locations: - Oberkainz (920 m, recorded parameter: temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, humidity, global rad., shortwave rad., longwave rad., snow water equivalent) - Zinödl (2191 m, recorded parameter: temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, global rad., longwave rad.) - Blaseneck (1969 m, recorded parameter: temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, global rad., longwave rad.) - Schröckalm (1344 m, recorded parameter: temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, humidity, global rad., shortwave rad., longwave rad.) - Kölblwiese (870 m, recorded parameter: temperature, wind speed and direction, humidity, global rad., longwave rad.) - Oberkainz (920 m, recorded parameter: temperature, precipitation, wind speed and direction, humidity, global rad., shortwave rad., longwave rad.) - Gseng (633 m, recorded parameter: river discharge) - Etzbach Gauge and Etzbach spring (850 m, river discharge, water temperature, electrical conductivity) A runoff and bedload measurement station is currently (Dec 2013) under construction at the "Bachbrücke" (catchment outlet). Further meteorological data is available from four stations operated by the local national park adminsitration (Nationalpark Gesäuse), the avalanche service (LWD) and the Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG).