Inner Mongolia Research Station of Grassland Ecosystem - China

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Site Name
Inner Mongolia Research Station of Grassland Ecosystem
Short name
IMGERS
Country
China
Site Manager
yongfei BAI
Site Description
The Inner Mongolia Grassland Ecosystem Station (IMGERS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in the Xilin River Basin, Inner Mongolia. It was established in 1979. This area is characterized by a typical temperate semiarid climate with a mean annual (1982-2012) precipitation of 297 mm and a mean annual temperature of 0.9°C. Growing season usually runs from late April to late September. The soil in this site is chestnut soil with relatively homogeneous physiochemical properties.
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2020-12-18 10:12:25

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1979
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
CERN (LTER China)✔ (LTER-EAP-CN-27)This site is a verified "CERN (LTER China)" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 43.6333 Longitude: 116.7

Size
ca. 400.00ha
Elevation (min)
1100.00msl
Elevation (max)
1270.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Air Temperature: Average Annual
0.20°C
Precipitation Annual
330.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Legal permission for dataset use is obtained
LTER Site Classification
Regular