Table 1 Description of the monitoring stations that includes the geographic coordinates, elevation, terrain exposure, slope, surrounding land use, and soil composition.

From: Six years of high-resolution climatic data collected along an elevation gradient in the Italian Alps

Station

Latitude [DD]

Longitude [DD]

Elevation a.s.l. [m]

Slope [deg]

Aspect [deg]

Land Use

Soil Type

Texture

Soil Depth [m]

Sand [%]

Silt [%]

Clay [%]

Humus [cm]

B1

46.661183

10.590244

983

12

230

Irrigated meadow

Brown earth

Sandy loam

0.80

56.2

37.7

6.1

6.1

B2

46.686253

10.579917

1473

14

220

Irrigated Meadow

Brown earth

Sandy loam

0.66

52.7

38.6

8.7

14.4

P2

46.684306

10.585125

1541

27

230

Pasture

Brown earth/Ranker

Loam

0.44

44.0

42.0

14.0

11.5

B3

46.691694

10.591936

1922

11

220

Pasture

Ranker

Loam

0.64

48.9

39.4

11.7

18.9

S4

46.706981

10.602181

2404

22

135

Pasture

Ranker

Loam

0.24

51.1

30.3

18.6

9.1

S3

46.766786

10.710939

2705

14

230

Pasture

Ranker

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0.14

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23.0