News archive

SITES sediment mapping continues onward to Lake Almbergasjön

16 April 2021

Niklas Rakos drilling a hole in the ice for sampling the lake sediment. Photo: Erik Lundin. — Niklas Rakos drilling a hole in the ice for sampling the lake sediment.

Spring field work at Tarfala Research Station is about to begin

08 April 2021

A snow-covered Lake Tarfala on 15 March 2021. Low-resolution images such as this is automatically transferred via MMS. High resolution images must be manually collected. — A snow-covered Lake Tarfala on 15 March 2021. Low-resolution images such as this is automatically transferred via MMS.

Early spring at Grimsö – phenology recordings, Lifeplan preparations and wildlife monitoring

31 March 2021

Installing a camera and audio recorder as part of the Lifeplan plot at Grimsö. Photo: Gunnar Jansson.

At Grimsö, this season’s field work has now begun for several of the time series monitored in SITES.

Preparation for the EMERGE project ongoing in Abisko

24 March 2021

Niklas Rakos from Abisko Scientific Research Station changing gas tubes at Stordalen. The gas tubes will be used for the EMRGE project. Photo: Erik Lundin. — Niklas Rakos from Abisko Scientific Research Station changing gas tubes at Stordalen. The gas tubes will be used for the EMRGE project.

New Leadership at Tarfala Research Station

18 March 2021

Ninis Rosqvist has stepped down as director of Tarfala Research Station after 16 years. The station leadership has been handed over to Nina Kirchner and Per Holmlund as new director and vice-director, respectively.

Open position: Research engineer at the Erken Laboratory

16 March 2021

The Erken Laboratory (Uppsala University) has an open 2-year position for a research engineer connected to Erken’s long-term lake monitoring programme, SITES Water and mesocosm experiments

Technical workshop at the Unit for field-based forest research

10 March 2021

The CO2 sensors being prepared at Svartberget are placed in chambers on the lake as part of the SITES Water greenhouse gas program, which starts once the ice is gone. Photo: Blaize Denfeld. — The CO2 sensors being prepared at Svartberget are placed in chambers on the lake as part of the SITES Water greenhouse gas program, which starts once the ice is gone.

SITES Spectral calibration workshop

03 March 2021

Calibration of a Skye Ltd. multispectral sensor (large tripod) using a reflectance panel (small tripod). Photo: Lars Eklundh.

The multispectral sensors used in SITES Spectral are regularly calibrated, to monitor their performance and detect possible misfunctioning.

New synoptic description of the lakes in AquaNet and SITES Water

23 February 2021

Recently, information about the more intensively studied lakes, in Thematic Programs SITES AquaNet and SITES Water, was added to the SITES website. There are seven lakes, Almbergasjön, Bolmen, Erken, Erssjön, Feresjön, Stortjärn and Tarfalasjön, at seven different stations that are central for SITES AquaNet and SITES Water. Use the link below to read more about each lake.

Time to do equipment calibration

17 February 2021

View of the phenocameras and NDVI sensors placed in the tower and the calibration equipment. Photo: Ryan Davidson.

After a mild autumn, the real winter has arrived at Lönnstorp Research Station.