Workshop: eLTER Standard Observation Protocols

To adequately characterize the state and future trends of the Earth system, standardized and harmonised measurements over the long-term are needed. At the European level, eLTER describes horizontal interactions between social systems and their environments (whole system approach) resulting in 63 Standard Observations (SOs). The developing SO protocols are soon to be implemented with the formation of an eLTER ERIC. As such, this workshop welcomes discussions around the implementation and integration of the SOs at the site level, including challenges and site-specific adaptations, co-location with other RIs and data mobilization.

Preliminary agenda:

Intro:

Re-cap on SO activities (Theresa Lumpi)
Which SOs we already measure? - Swedish example of mapping sites (Blaize Denfeld)
LTSER-Montado - Portugal (Margarida Santos-Reis)

Breakouts:

Implementation challenges
Site-specific adaptations
Co-location with other RIs
Instruments - how to choose an instrument to follow eLTER SO protocols?

Ending:

Reporting back
Next steps