Table 1 Site characteristics for Wetzstein (Rebmann et al. 2010; Martina Mundt, personal communication) and Tharandt (Grünwald and Bernhofer 2007)
From: Estimating the carbon fluxes of forests with an individual-based forest model
Wetzstein | Tharandt | |
|---|---|---|
Location | 50°27’N, 11°27’E | 50°57’N, 13°34’E |
Time period | 2003–2008 | 1999–2004 |
Date of inventory | 2004 | 1999 |
Stand age (a) | 50 | 108 |
Stand density (ha−1) | 410 | 477a |
Mean stem diameter (dbh) (m) | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Leaf area index (m2∙m−2) | 7.0b | 7.7 |
Elevation (m) | 792 | 380 |
Annual mean temperature (°C) | 6.5 | 8.8 |
Annual mean precipitation (mm∙a−1) | 810 | 673 |
Annual mean PPFD (μmol∙m−2∙s−1) | 489 | 583 |