Phénoclim

PROJECT

Url:http://www.creamontblanc.org/fr/phenoclim/presentation/
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TEAM

Official team page:http://www.creamontblanc.org/fr/la-crea/qu-est-ce-que-le-crea/
Leader: Daphné Asse, Irène Alvarez
Institution: Centre de Recherche pour les Ecosystèmes d’Altitude (CREA)

Contact: phenoclim@creamontblanc.org
Main location: Chamonix, France

PROJECT DEFINITION

Subject

Natural sciences > (environment/climate)

Description

"Pheno" as in Phenology: Phenology is the study of seasonal events in habitats. As part of the Phenoclim program we follow the dates of bud-break, flowering and leaf development in the spring; color change and leaf-fall in autumn. Ten species of trees and plants are studied in our area: downy birch, silver birch, ash, hazel, lilac, colt's foot, rowan, primrose, larch and spruce. "Clim" as in Climate: The Alps are a climate zone of particular interest in the study of climate change since the increase in temperature in this area in the last century was 1.4 degrees as compared to 0.7 degrees worldwide. Also, the great diversity of microclimates determined by altitude and slope aspect makes this area a particularly rich area of study. A network of Phenoclim temperature stations has been placed at key points throughout the massif.

Purpose.

The seasonal rhythms of living things, especially plants, are entirely dependent on temperature. If the spring temperature is a few degrees higher than normal, plants can begin budding and flowering several weeks earlier than usual. These events can therefore be valuable indicators of the impact of climate change on vegetation. This is what is at stake in the Phenoclim program.

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ABOUT PARTICIPANT TASKS

Tasks description.

Phénoclim relies on a network of observers spread over all the Alpine peaks between 200 and 2200 m altitude.

10 plants are followed.
3 of each must be observed within an area of 500m, plants must be 5m a part and reach a certain size
the site must be described using a list of characteristics

Five events are monitored (sprouts (?), leaves, flowers, change of color, falling leaves). During these data collection periods, sites must be visited every 8 days
For each of these events, several data must be collected ...

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Computing:	NO	Thinking:	NO
Sensing:	YES	Gaming:	NO

Crowdsourcing	☑	Distributed intelligence	☐
Participatory science	☐	Extreme citizen science	☐
Science outreach	☐

Data collection	☑
Data analysis	☐
Data interpretation	☐--------

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Data type to manipulate: observations

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ABOUT GUIDANCE AND FEEDBACK

Guidance

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Tutorial and documentation:	YES
Training sequence:	SOMEWHAT
Peer to peer guidance:	SOMEWHAT

individual performance:	Somewhat
collective performance:	Somewhat
research progress:	Somewhat

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