LTSER Northern Negev - Israel

Basic Information
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Site Name
LTSER Northern Negev
Short name
LTSER Northern Negev
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Site Manager
Moshe Shachak
Site Description
The LTSER Northern Negev Platform includes four established LTER sites and the area between them. The area includes semi-arid scrubland, agriculture, forested areas of various densities, and various settled areas.
Relationships to other sites
This site contains:
Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2008
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_005)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
Projects
EcoPotential (H2020)
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - RA
eLTER PLUS (H2020) - TA
ExpeER
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
10 km
5 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 31.310052 Longitude: 34.754562

Size
ca. 5000.00ha
Elevation (average)
250.00msl
Elevation (min)
200.00msl
Elevation (max)
400.00msl
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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
Agricultural
Forest
Grasslands
Savanna
EUNIS habitat
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Intensively-farmed crops interspersed with strips of natural and/or semi-natural vegetation (X07)
Habitat complexes (X) » Large parks (X11)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
22.00°C
Precipitation Annual
250.00mm
Geology
Eocene chalk bedrock, Miocene sediments (sandstone, sand, conglomerates), and Quaternary aeolian and alluvial sand/clay deposits
Vegetation
Semi-arid shub-grassland slopes and hilltops
Soils
Serozem, depth 50-110 cm, color yellow/brown to reddish, texture sandy seine, at places with chalk and/or gypsum aggregates
Hydrology
small water shade control by rainfall relationship and morphology rock to soil ration
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 1 - 5 beds
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)
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
10
Maintenance Interval
30
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
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
3 dataset(s) in total:
Northern Negev Long-Term Socio-ecological Research Platform: LTER_EU_IL_005:Vegetation (1997-2016)
Northern Negev LTSER - LTER_EU_IL_005 - Meteorology data
Northern Negev LTSER ISRAEL- LTER_EU_IL_005 - NDVI (2000-2016)
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.