Avdat (AVD) - Israel

Basic Information
Site Name
Avdat (AVD)
Short name
Avdat
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Site Manager
Arnon Karnieli
Site Description
The site established in 1958. We can still find in the site the remains of terraces from the Nabatean agriculture runoff. The main research topics that being studied in the site are: biodiversity, climate change, runoff hydrology
Last modified
2025-01-07 11:01:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1958
Observed properties
ecosystem parameteratmospheric parametersoil parameterlandscape parameterchemical parameterbiological parameteragricultural parameterenvironmental parameterbacillariophyceaespeciesrichnessbenthicinvertebratesabundancebirdsabundancebirdspresencecommunitycompositiondiversityindexecosystemstructurefloristicdiversitygerminationdatenormalizedvegetationindexplantspeciescompositionspeciesabundancespeciescompositionspeciesgroupabundancespecieslistspeciespresencespeciesrichnessvegetationlayercompositionvegetationlayerstructurevegetationlayertypeairhumidityairwatervapourconcentrationdaylightlengthdiffuseradiationintensitydiffusesolarradiationintensitydirectradiationintensityglobalradiationirradianceheatfluxincomingradiationintensityirradiancelongwaveradiationnetsolarradiationirradianceplantcarbonconcentrationprecipitationintensitysolarradiationwinddirectionwinddirection(meanandgust)windspeedwindspeed(meanandgust)soilevaporationsoilmatrixwaterpotentialsoilmatrixwaterpressureheadsoilmobilewatercontentsoilmoisturecontentsoilmoisturefieldcapacitysoilprofilewatercontentsoilrespirationsoilsaturationindexsoilsoluteamountsoilsuctionsoiltemperaturesoiltexturesoilwatercontentsoilwaterpotentialsoilwaterretentionlandcoverlanduselanduseintensitylandscapecompositionlandscapeconfigurationlandscapeconnectivitylandscapefragmentationlandscapemetricspatchdensitypatchsizenutrientavailabilitysoilgasfluxsoilpHsoilsalinitysoilsoluteamounttotalcarbontotalorganiccarbonageclasschangeinpopulationsizeovertimefloweringdateplantdevelopmentstagepopulationsizecropsurfacetemperaturecroptranspirationabioticheterogeneity
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_002)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Photos
Station 8 - 1960
Station 8 - 1960
Geographic
20 m
50 ft
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 30.7833 Longitude: 34.7667

Size
ca. 50.00ha
Elevation (average)
570.00msl
Elevation (min)
400.00msl
Elevation (max)
600.00msl
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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
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
EUNIS habitat
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops (H3)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H) » Inland cliffs, rock pavements and outcrops (H3) » Almost bare rock pavements, including limestone pavements (H3.5)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
30.00°C
Precipitation Annual
90.00mm
Geology
Rocky slopes and Loess surface, seasonal streams and ancient agricultural terraces
Vegetation
The typical vegetation in the site are dry warbler scrub land, that rolled by: Haloxylon scoparium in the field, Artemisia sieberi and Zygophyllum dumosum in the slopes. also in the site exists a rich variety of annual vegetation in the winter
Soils
Are airborne soils results from dust accumulation that form Loess soils.
Hydrology
Rainfall and runoff depended ecosystem. The rocks are runoff source while soil patches are sink for runoff water.
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
plot scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
sub-catchment within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » No tower on site
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 » > 10 beds
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) » Satellite
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » More than 100 kW
Equipment notes
Building with electricity and water
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
7
Maintenance Interval
7
General Data Policy
Co-authorship on publications resulting from use of the dataset
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
The opportunity to collaborate on the project using the dataset
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
2 dataset(s) in total:
Avdat LTER_EU_IL_002 - Climate impact - Aerosol data (1998-2017)
Avdat LTER_EU_IL_002 - Meteorology Data (2008-2018)
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.