Climate data program
As part of a reference monitoring program, above- and belowground
climate data have been monitored since 1980 at the Svartberget station
following World Metrological Organization (WMO) protocols. In total,
approximately 100 meteorological variables are automatically monitored.
Another twenty variables are manually observed, including phenological
observations.
Precipitation as both rain and snow have been measured as part of the
reference climate monitoring program at Svartberget field station since
1980. Rain and snow chemistry have been sampled since 1983, with each
precipitation event collected and stored as individual samples, bulked
monthly, and analyzed for chemistry. Snow accumulation and snow density
measurements have been monitored approximately weekly since 1980 (Laudon
and Löfvenius, 2016).