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Laegeren (Laegeren, Switzerland)

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A view from the instrument site looking to the south.
A close-up view of the sunphotometer and the surroundings in south-east direction.
Image 1 - A view from the instrument site looking to the south.
Image 2 - A close-up view of the sunphotometer and the surroundings in south-east direction.
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Site Coordinates and Elevation:

  • Latitude: 47.47835° North
  • Longitude: 8.36435° East
  • Elevation: 763.0 Meters

Site Description:
  • The site is located on the southern slope of the Laegeren, which forms the eastern most part of the Jura mountains (NW of Zurich, Swiss Plateau). The site is located in a highly diverse forest, dominated by beech and fir. The instrument is placed on the highest platform of a measurement tower around 50 meter above ground. The site is in close vicinity to the cities of Wettingen and Baden (40’000 citizens together) with a distance of 2 kilometers to the closest houses of the adjacent urban area. A motor highway is close-by with the nearest distance of 3.5 kilometers.

Principal
Investigator(s)
Information:
  • Alexander Damm-Reiser
  • E-mail: alexander.damm@geo.uzh.ch
    • Remote Sensing of Water Systems
    Department of Geography
    University of Zurich
    Winterthurerstrasse 190
    8057 Zürich
    Switzerland

    +41 (0) 44 635 5251
Site Manager(s) Information:
  • Michael Niederberger
  • Email: michael.niederberger@uzh.ch
  • Remote Sensing of Water Systems
    Department of Geography
    University of Zurich
    Winterthurerstrasse 190
    8057 Zürich
    Switzerland

    +41 (0) 44 63 55103
Responsible Institution(s):
  • Remote Sensing of Water Systems
    Department of Geography, University of Zurich & Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology, Surface Waters – Research and Management
    https://geo.uzh.ch/rsws

    Swiss National Science Foundation, grant number 197243

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