Geographical scope

The MONARPOP sampling network covers most of the alpine region.

Sampling sites are located in Austria, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland.

Show larger map. Please note that sites are displayed within 500 m radius of true geographical location.

The network consists of 33 standard sites and 7 altitude profiles. A standard site is located at 1400 ± 150 a.s.l. An altitude profile is a regurlarly spaced series of 4–5 plots at increasing height. Three heavily instrumented sites above the timberline offer year-round air and deposition data.

Google Earth (TM)
You can explore the monitoring network on Google Earth, using one of the following overlays:

all sites (5.8 kB)
height profiles (30 kB)

MONARPOP sampling sites fulfil the following criteria:

absence of nearby emission sources
even distribution within the alpine range
elevation between 1250 m and 1550 m (except along height profiles)
location above the inversion layer
homogeneous, adult stands of Norway spruce
coincidence with existing research sites