The Level II network is a valuable platform for atmospheric pollution research, and related environmental and biological projects.
The Centre for Forestry and Climate Change of Forest Research is engaged in a range of central and supporting studies of forest ecosystem functioning using Level II data.
Some examples of studies involving the use of Level II data are cited below.
| Project |
Site(s) |
| Dissolved organic carbon in soil solution |
Coalburn, Grizedale, Llyn Brianne, Savernake, Lady Bower, Thetford, Tummel |
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Evaluation of the use of commercial tree nurseries to monitor visible ozone injury and assess exceedance of the ozone critical load at Level 1:
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| Improving methodologies for measuring stem-flow in forest plots |
Alice Holt/Straits |
| Investigation of canopy throughfall and interception |
Alice Holt/Straits |
| Linking defoliation by Tortrix with tree growth and tree nutrient status |
Grizedale |
| Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities |
Rannoch, Lady Bower, Thetford |
| Monitoring canopy exposure to ozone |
Alice Holt/Straits, Grizedale, Thetford |
| Sampling soil in forests: accounting for spatial variation |
Coalburn, Rannoch, Savernake |
| Straits flux station |
Alice Holt/Straits |
| Soil mineral weathering rates |
Alice Holt/Straits, Coalburn, Grizedale
Llyn Brianne, Loch Awe, Rannoch, Savernake, Lady Bower, Thetford, Tummel |
| Woodland burial studies |
Alice Holt/Straits |
| Environmental change network |
Alice Holt/Straits |
| Further development and implementation of an EU-level forest monitoring system (FutMon) |
Alice Holt/Straits, Llyn Brianne, Micheldever, Rannoch, Rogate, Lady Bower, Thetford |
