The Arid Iberian South East LTSER Platform - Spain

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Site Name
The Arid Iberian South East LTSER Platform
Short name
The Arid Iberian South East
Country
Spain
Web Address
http://www.caescg.org/
Site Manager
Javier Cabello Piñar
Site Description
The Arid Iberian South East LTSER Platform aims to seek multidisciplinary solutions to the environmental problems occurring in the socio-ecological systems of Anthropocene. The Platform encompasses a wide range of humanized and semi natural landscapes which make up interesting socio-ecosystems. These singular environments represent both natural processes of aridification as traditional land uses, forcing an effective management of the scarce and irregular water resources. Further, agricultural land abandonment linked to land use changes is driving biodiversity loss and alteration of the ecosystem functioning. All these features provide excellent natural laboratories where researching “in live” similar scenarios as those forecasted ...
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2025-01-07 11:01:56

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2014
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
LTER Spain✔ (LTER_EU_ES_027)This site is a verified "LTER Spain" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
GERI✔This site is a verified "GERI" member.
Projects
Natura 2000
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Photos
not defined
not defined
Geographic
30 km
30 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 37.0848 Longitude: -2.2871

Size
ca. 1426450.00ha
Elevation (average)
813.60msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
2260.00msl
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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-scrub
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Coastal
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
Forest
Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub
Grasslands
Temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
Biogeographical Region
Mediterranean Bio-geographical Region
EUNIS habitat
Coastal habitats (B)
Coastal habitats (B) » Rock cliffs, ledges and shores, including the supralittoral (B3)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F)
Heathland, scrub and tundra (F) » Maquis, arborescent matorral and thermo-Mediterranean brushes (F5)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Miscellaneous inland habitats with very sparse or no vegetation (H5)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G)
Woodland, forest and other wooded land (G) » Coniferous woodland (G3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
15.20°C
Precipitation Annual
330.80mm
Geology
The three distinguishable geological units are: strongly folded and deformed metamorphic rocks of the Iberian Massif, Alpine mountain chain of the Betic Cordilliera and intra-montane basin filled with Neogene sediments. The most interesting is the region of Cabo de Gata (SE), with Miocene volcanic domes and calderas.
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
micro sites
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Cable based
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
60
Maintenance Interval
60
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
The opportunity to review the results based on the dataset
LTER Site Classification
LTSER
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
15 dataset(s) in total:
Biophysical and socio-cultural assessment of ecosystem services in Mediterranean arid landscapes.
Carbon/water exchange Ecosystem-Atmosphere/Soil-Atmosphere and water balance in the soil
Current and forecasted spatial distribution of European badger in arid landscapes of southeastern Europe
Daily Precipitation at Arid Iberian South East LTSER Platform (1999-2018)
Daily Temperature at Arid Iberian South East LTSER Platform (1999-2018)
Distribution of Golden eagle and Bonelli's eagle in Southeast Spain
Diversity and abundance of Trumpeter finch in Southeast Spain
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.