Type of cover

Description

Farm

Experiment

Monitoring period

Peat

Thickness of 5 - 15 cm of acidic/hydrophilic Baltic peat

1 covered storage pit + 1 uncovered storage pit (control)

F1

E1

Summer 2004

Polystyrene ball

6000 balls (Æ: 20 cm ) of SPE polystyrene

1 covered store + 1 uncovered store (as control)

F1

E2

Autumn 2005

Summer 2006

Synthetic sheet roof

1 storage pit covered with a synthetic sheet roof

F2

E3

Winter 2006

Autumn 2006