Arava Platform (ARV) - Israel

Basic Information
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Site Name
Arava Platform (ARV)
Short name
Arava Platform
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Site Manager
Jessica Schaeckermann
Funding Agency
Land Authority
Site Description
A very extreme desert located with in a part of the rift vally
Relationships to other sites
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Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:19

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2009
Observed properties
ecosystem parametercommunitycompositiondiversityindexplantspeciescompositionspeciescomposition
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
LTER Israel✔ (LTER_EU_IL_016)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - VA
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
50 km
30 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 30.4169 Longitude: 35.1514

Size
ca. 165000.00ha
Elevation (average)
20.00msl
Elevation (min)
-400.00msl
Elevation (max)
250.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Desert
Ecosystem Type
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
EUNIS habitat
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2)
Inland surface waters (C) » Surface running waters (C2) » Temporary running waters (C2.5)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
32.00°C
Precipitation Annual
20.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » > 10 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » 10-100 kW
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
14
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Arava Platform - LTER_EU_IL_016- Israel - Meteorology data (2000-2017)
There is EURO-CORDEX climate scenario data available for this site:
Projected Near Surface Specific Humidity ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Precipitation ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Sea Level Pressure ChangeRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Surface Downwelling Shortwave RadiationRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Wind SpeedRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85
Projected Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air TemperatureRCP26RCP45RCP85

You can also download the entire climate scenario dataset for this site from the EUDAT B2SHARE data store.