Gilat (GLT), LTSER Northen Negev - Israel

Basic Information
Site Name
Gilat (GLT), LTSER Northen Negev
Short name
Gilat
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Parent Site Name
LTSER Northern Negev - Israel
Site Manager
Eli Zaady
Operating Organisation
ARO
Site Description
A Loess plain is devoted to agro – ecosystem and climate change research. The site is subdivided into permanent plots which are exposed to various manipulations. The manipulations include introducing of various crops and various grazing regime. The manipulation provides data on the effect of management and rainfall regime on agricultural productivity. In addition, the area includes ecological plots to study a natural succession, penology and productivity under various rainfall regimes. The site is also used to study climate change in relation to rainfall and runoff patterns. An important study is the dynamic of geophytes that are important as cultural ecosystem service in the area. A new research direction is to study ecosystem development under various rainfall and runoff patterns.
Last modified
2021-11-23 11:11:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2008
Observed properties
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Geographic
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Size
10.00ha
Elevation (average)
35.00msl
Elevation (min)
0.00msl
Elevation (max)
100.00msl
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 Israel✔ (LTER_EU_IL_003)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
ExpeER
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Site information [.json]

Centroid coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
EUNIS habitat
Habitat complexes (X)
Habitat complexes (X) » Intensively-farmed crops interspersed with strips of natural and/or semi-natural vegetation (X07)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
19.00°C
Precipitation Annual
300.00mm
Geology
A plain of loess soil originated from dry deposition of dust
Vegetation
Represent a two phase mosaic that includes woody plants consists mainly by small shrubs embedded in a matrix of annual plants. Shrub diversity is very low about 10 species while diversity of the annual plants is very high about 200 species.
Soils
The soil is loess soil which is characterized by small grains and surface in habitat by biological soil crust community. The depth of soil is very variable and depends on topography, rainfall intensity and the distribution of biological soil crust.
Hydrology
a rainfall and runoff depended system. Runoff is generated from the interaction between rainfall and soil surface properties. Soil surface properties are related to the biological soil crust which regulates the redistribution of rainfall by runoff. Rainfall and runoff control soil moisture which is very heterogeneous due to the relationship between rainfall matter ?soil surface properties and water flow connectivity.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
plot without link to explicit catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » More than 100 kW
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » > 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
3
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 review the results based on the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Extensive
Related Resources
2 dataset(s) in total:
Gilat LTSER site _ Meteorology data- LTER_EU_IL_003 (2008-2018)
Gilat site (LTSER) - LTER_EU_IL_003 - Dust accumulation - Climate impact
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.