Form 5a - ICP Forests

Part XI
4.16 Sampling and Analysis of Litterfall
4.16.1 XX1996.LFP
Contents of reduced plot file to be used in combination with the
survey on litterfall
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, country, plot, latitude, longitude, altitude, traps, collecting_area,
date_monitoring_1st, date_monitoring_last, other_observations
Column Description Format Ref_Tab Item #
1 – 4 Sequence number of plots (1 to 9999) I 4
6 – 7
Country Code (France = 01, Belgium = 02,
etc.)
I 2 X (1)
9 – 12 Plotnumber (max. 9999) I 4 (2)
14 – 20 Latitude in +DDMMSS (e.g.+505852) C 7 (4)
22 – 28
Longitude in (+ or -)DDMMSS (e.g.
+035531)
C 7 (4)
30 – 31 Altitude (in 50 meter classes from 1 to 51) I 2 X (7)
33 – 34 Number of traps I 2
36 – 39 Total Collecting area (in m 2 ) F 4
41 – 46
48 – 53
Active sampling period (from) in
DDMMYY (e.g. 010690)
Active sampling period (till) in DDMMYY
(e.g. 300690)
Date
Date
55 – 94 Other observations (text) C 40 (84)
4.16.2 xx20079.LFM
Contents of data file with litterfall analysis information (mandatory)
Each data file has to start with a comment line. This line starts with an exclamation
mark:
!Sequence, plot, date_start, date_end, trap, tree_species, sample, dry_weight, dry_mass,
area, C, N, S, P, Ca, Mg, K, other_observations
Item
Column Description
Format Ref_Tab
#
1 – 5 Sequence Number (1 to 99999) I 5
7 – 10 Observation Plot number (max. 9999) I 4 (2)
12 – 17 Collection period (from) Date (3)
19 – 24 Collection period (till) Date (3)
(3)
(3)
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