Availability, accessibility, quality and comparability of monitoring data for European forests for use in air pollution and climate change science

doi:10.3832/ifor0582-004

Data from existing monitoring programmes such as ICP Forests, ICP Integrated Monitoring and EMEP, as well as from large-scale international projects such as CarboEurope IP and NitroEurope, can be used to answer questions about the impacts of air pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems and the feedbacks of forest to climate. However, for full use to be made of the available data, a number of questions need to be answered related to the availability, accessibility, quality and comparability of the data. For example, how can these databases be accessed, e.g., freely, over the internet, on request, by authorisation? How should intellectual property rights be protected, while improving access to data? What possibilities exist for harmonisation? Which quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) procedures have been used and for how long? These and other relevant questions are discussed.

Keywords

Forest monitoring, Data availability, Data accessibility, Data quality, Data comparability, Data sharing

Authors’ address

(1)

Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, P.O. Box 115, N-1431 s (Norway)

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Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institute, Instit. for World Forestry, Leuschnerstrasse 91, 21029 Hamburg (Germany)

(3)

Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen (Netherlands)

(4)

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7050, SE-75007 Uppsala (Sweden)

(5)

DISAFRI Università della Tuscia, v. S. Camillo de Lellis, I-01100 Viterbo (Italy)

(6)

University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 48, SF-00014 Helsinki (Finland)

(7)

Parkano Research Unit, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Kaironiementie 15, FI-39700 Parkano (Finland)

(8)

CNR/ISAFOM, v. Cavour 4-6, 87036 Rende, CS (Italy)

(9)

Federal Environment Agency Austria, Spittelauer Lände 5, A-1090 Vienna (Austria)

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EMEP MSC-W, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Blindern, N-0313 Oslo (Norway)

(11)

Chalmers University of Technology, Hörsalsvg. 11, S-412 96 Gothenburg (Sweden)

(12)

CNR/IPP, v. Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Italy)

Corresponding author

N Clarke
nicholas.clarke@skogoglandskap.no

Citation

Clarke N, Fischer R, De Vries W, Lundin L, Papale D, Vesala T, Merilä P, Matteucci G, Mirtl M, Simpson D, Paoletti E (2011). Availability, accessibility, quality and comparability of monitoring data for European forests for use in air pollution and climate change science. iForest 4: 162-166. - doi: 10.3832/ifor0582-004

Paper history

Received: Dec 23, 2010
Accepted: Mar 17, 2011

First online: Aug 11, 2011
Publication Date: Aug 11, 2011
Publication Time: 4.90 months

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