Installation : Antwerp FATI Installation : Antwerp FATI

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Antwerp FATI


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Provider

University of Antwerp

Institution/Organisation

University of Antwerp

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About installation
The Antwerp FATI is a platform to experimentally simulate the impact on ecosystems of future precipitation regimes, climate-warming and especially climate extremes such as intense droughts, flooding and heat waves (e.g. temperatures up to 10 °C above ambient). By using infrared heaters and automated rainout shelters in combination with programmable irrigation, the system can simulate such extreme events in the open air, in twelve 7 m² plots, under natural light and wind. Each plot can contain one large mesocosm unit, or many smaller ones in separate containers. In total, > 300 individual and independent experimental units can be maintained simultaneously. The automated measurements provided are: air micro-climate (air temperature, air relative humidity, incoming and outgoing radiation, wind speed, soil microclimate, canopy temperature with fixed infrared camera's that can distinguish individual containers.

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Scientific domain

  • Agricultural Sciences
  • Biological & Medical Sciences
  • Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • Natural Sciences

Scientific SubDomain

  • Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries
  • Agronomy,Forestry and Plant Breeding Centres
  • Biological Sciences
  • Earth & Related Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Health Research Facilities
  • Environmental Management Infrastructures
  • Microbiology
Contacts

Hans De Boeck Senior scientist

hans.deboeck@uantwerpen.be +322651714
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