Karei Deshe (KRD) - Israel

Basic Information
Site Name
Karei Deshe (KRD)
Short name
Karei Deshe
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Site Manager
Guy Dovrat
Site Description
Grazing research site
Last modified
2021-11-23 11:11:00

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1997
Observed properties
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_001)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
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Geographic
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Elevation (average)
300.00msl
Elevation (min)
-180.00msl
Elevation (max)
300.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Grasslands
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Grasslands
Flooded grasslands and savannas
EUNIS habitat
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I) » Arable land and market gardens (I1) » Arable land with unmixed crops grown by low-intensity agricultural methods (I1.3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
25.00°C
Precipitation Annual
800.00mm
Geology
Site topography is characterized by a small slope hills. Basalt rock with a rock cover of 30% in average.
Vegetation
The dominance vegetation is perennial herbaceous and many annual species.
Soils
Fertile soil with variable depth up to 60 cm
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 within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (from site) » Telephone line
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » 1 - 5 beds
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » 2 - 5 places
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
14
Maintenance Interval
14
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
LTER Site Classification
Emerging
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.