LTSER Platform Samothraki Nature Observatory - Greece

Basic Information
Site Name
LTSER Platform Samothraki Nature Observatory
Short name
SNO
Country
Greece
Web Address
Samothraki Nature Observatory
Site Manager
Nikolaos Skoulikidis
Site Description
The island of Samothraki is located in the north-eastern Aegean Sea (Thraki, Greece). At only 178 km2 Samothraki is a high mountain massif that dominates the northern Aegean Sea and packs a lot into its small size. The island is bursting with picture perfect views of pristine cultural landscapes, an impressive geology and varied natural vegetation including ancient oriental plane forests, mountain wilderness, abundant fresh waters in the form springs and perennial streams with waterfalls which plunge into deep glassy rock pools, hot springs, small coastal wetlands, rocky beaches and a crystal clear seas. Samothraki is a perfect destination for naturalists, thrill-seeking adventurers and dedicated scientists; it seems to attract ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2013
Observed properties
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Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER Greece✔ (LTER_EU_GR_007)This site is a verified "LTER Greece" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Photos
not defined
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Geographic
5 km
3 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 40.456875 Longitude: 25.578232

Size
ca. 17800.00ha
Elevation (average)
431.96msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
1611.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Marine
Coastal
Fresh water rivers
Biome
Mixed Forest
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Coastal
Forest
Evergreen Forest
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Temperate coniferous forests
Marine
Rivers
Fresh Water Rivers
Small rivers
Urban
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
Air Temperature: Average Annual
16.00°C
Precipitation Annual
605.00mm
Geology
The geology of Island consists of 3% metamorphosed sedimentary and volcanic rocks; 31% ophiolites; 8% Tertiary sedimentary and volcanic rocks; 26% granites and 32% marine sediments & Quaternary deposits.
Vegetation
The main land uses are forests (42.8%), agricultural land (25.2%) and pasture (24.4%).
Hydrology
The island is rich in both springs and streams. The SNO monitoring network includes 23 Streams basins, 21 cold springs and 2 hot springs. The springs of these streams originate from the Saos Mountain (with highest altitude 1.661m). The climate of the island is of a Mediterranean type, and characterized by rainy and snowy winters, and hot and dry summers. The mean annual rainfall is 605 mm. The island presents very steep slopes, ranging between 15o and 30o.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
sub-catchment within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » XML database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial database (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Graph or object database
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » Unknown number of places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 6 - 10 beds
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » No data transmission from site
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
120
Maintenance Interval
120
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
The dataset provider is given a complete list of all products that make use of the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
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.