BD - BioSoil BioDiv

Form: GPL - BioSoil BioDiv: Information about the name and location of the plot.

Form introduced: 2004

Last change: 2004

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!Sequence; country; plot; date_assess; gps_plot; datum; projection; utm_zone; east_soil; north_soil; east_plot; north_plot; latitude_soil; longitude_soil; latitude_plot; longitude_plot; accuracy; gps_elevation; orientation; slope; preuse; origin; manage; forest_type; dw_rem; treemix; age; fence; eftc; other_obs

POSITION FIELD DESCRIPTION
1 Sequence

Description: Continuous number to identify the line of the submitted file
Format: I
2 country

DB Column: code_country
Description: ID of the country
Format: I
Dictionary: d_country
3 plot

DB Column: code_plot
Description: Observation plot number
Remarks: A unique number (per country) given to the permanent plot during the selection or installation
Format: I
4 date_assess (DDMMYY)
M K

Description: Date of assessment/measurements
Remarks: E.g. ‘9th October 2012’ = ‘091012’
Format: Date
5 gps_plot

Description: Georeferencing the BIOSOIL plot centre
Format: Y/N
6 datum

Description: Geodesic system WGS84, ETRS89
Format: C
7 projection

Format: C
8 utm_zone

Description: UTM longitude and latitude zone
Remarks: E.g. 32V - Europe includes 27V to 38S
Format: C
9 east_soil (m)

Description: Easting of the BioSoil soil pit
Format: I
10 north_soil (m)

Description: Northing of the BioSoil soil pit
Format: I
11 east_plot (m)

Description: Easting of the BioSoil plot center
Format: I
12 north_plot (m)

Description: Northing of the BioSoil plot center
Format: I
13 latitude_soil (+DDMMSS)

Description: Latitude - Spatial Reference System = WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+505852’ = 50 Degree, 58 Minutes, 52 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
14 longitude_soil (+/-DDMMSS)

Description: Longitude - Spatial Reference System = WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+035531’ = 3 Degree, 55 Minutes, 31 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
15 latitude_plot (+DDMMSS)

Description: Latitude - Spatial Reference System = WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+505852’ = 50 Degree, 58 Minutes, 52 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
16 longitude_plot (+/-DDMMSS)

Description: Longitude - Spatial Reference System = WGS84 (EPSG:4326)
Remarks: E.g. ‘+035531’ = 3 Degree, 55 Minutes, 31 Seconds
Format: C
Explanatory Item: 4
17 accuracy

DB Column: code_accuracy
Description: Accuracy of GPS location estimate
Format: I
Dictionary: d_accuracy
18 gps_elevation (m)

Description: Elevation reading from the GPS of the plot centre in metres
Format: F
19 orientation

DB Column: code_orientation
Description: Coded orientation of the plot
Format: I
Dictionary: d_orientation
20 slope (%)

Description: Slope of the plot
Format: I
21 preuse

DB Column: code_preuse
Description: Former land use
Remarks: Former land use before the actual stand has been established
Format: I
Dictionary: d_preuse_bd
22 origin

DB Column: code_stand_actual
Description: Origin of the actual stand
Format: I
Dictionary: d_stand_actual
23 manage

DB Column: code_manage_intensity
Description: Intensity of forest management
Format: I
Dictionary: d_manage_intensity
24 forest_type

DB Column: code_manage_type_bd
Description: Forest Type
Format: I
Dictionary: d_manage_type_bd
25 dw_rem

DB Column: code_dw_rem
Description: Removal of coarse woody debris
Format: I
Dictionary: d_dw_rem
26 treemix

DB Column: code_treemix
Description: Pattern of tree mixture
Format: I
Dictionary: d_treemix
27 age

DB Column: code_meanage_bd
Description: Mean age of the dominant storey
Remarks: In 20 year classes
Format: I
Dictionary: d_mean_age_bd
28 fence

DB Column: code_fencing
Description: Fencing
Format: I
Dictionary: d_fencing
29 eftc

DB Column: code_forest_type_bd
Description: European Forest Type Classification
Format: I
Dictionary: d_forest_type_bd
30 other_obs (FREE TEXT)

Description: Supplementary comments
Format: C