Variables can be listed alphabetically by name or by number of T.Sites by clicking on the appropriate arrows found beside each heading. View the variable documentation by clicking on the name. Click on the number to list the T.Sites measuring each variable. Click here to download the entire list as a zip file (440 KB).

45 Variables found measured by T.Sites member of network [Co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe]
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Variable		Satellite sensors	T.Sites	Global change map
Aerosols			2
Air relative humidity		x	2
Air temperature		x	2
Cloud cover		x	2
Fossil fuels emissions			1
Lake and river freeze-up and break-up			2
Land cover		x	2
Land use		x	1
Leaf area index		x	1
Methane flux		x	2
Ozone		x	1
Precipitation		x	1
Radiation: Incoming surface solar radiation		x	1
Rainfall chemistry		x	1
Snow depth		x	2
Soil bulk density			1
Soil depth			1
Soil exchangeable acidity			1
Soil exchangeable aluminium			1
Soil heavy metals			2
Soil moisture storage capacity		x	1
Soil organic carbon			1
Soil pH			2
Soil surface characteristics			1
Soil temperature			2
Soil texture			1
Soil total carbon			1
Soil total nitrogen			2
Soil total phosphorous			2
Soil type		x	2
Vegetation cover and height class		x	1
Vegetation structure		x	1
Water anion concentration			1
Water biological oxygen demand			1
Water cation concentration			2
Water chlorophyll concentration			1
Water concentration of dissolved solids			1
Water discharge (Surface)			1
Water dissolved carbon			2
Water dissolved organics			1
Water electroconductivity			2
Water heavy metals			2
Water pH			2
Water surface temperature			2
Wind velocity		x	1

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