North Pantanal - Brazil

Basic Information
Site Name
North Pantanal
Short name
NP
Country
Brazil
Site Description
A mosaic of savanna, dry forest, evergreen forest, and grassland most of them seasonally floodable by overflow of water from Cuiabá River. Regional climates is tropical wet and dry. Besides Cuiabá River, there are a large number of permanent water body widespread in the landscape, such as oxbow lakes and secondary river channels.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:41

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2002
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
LTER Brazil✔ (LTER_SAM_BR_12)This site is a verified "LTER Brazil" member.
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: -16.51029 Longitude: -56.376191

Size
ca. 107996.00ha
Elevation (average)
100.00msl
Elevation (min)
75.00msl
Elevation (max)
120.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml] [.geojson]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Savanna
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Forest
Deciduous Forest
Evergreen Forest
Grasslands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Rivers
Fresh Water Rivers
Large rivers
Air Temperature: Average Annual
28.00°C
Precipitation Annual
1383.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Proprietary file format
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Radio transmission system (repeaters, receivers, centralstation)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Satellite
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) » Radio transmission system (repeaters. receivers. centralstation)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Cable based
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 6 - 10 beds
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Boat
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Access Type
boat
Permanent Operation
Yes
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
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular