Ramon (RMN) - Israel

Basic Information
Site Name
Ramon (RMN)
Short name
Ramon
Country
Israel
Web Address
LTER - ISRAEL
Site Manager
Dr. Elli Groner
Site Description
The site is located between two bio -geographical zones arid and hyper-arid, the research is carried out by both sides. The arid side is characterized by remains of terraces from the Nabatean agriculture runoff. The main research topics that being studied in the site are: biodiversity, climate change, runoff hydrology. The arid zone is a geo hydrological ecological system which is depended on a combination of rainfall and runoff that creates water enriched parches that support relatively high biodiversity. The hyper arid zone is runoff depended system the source of runoff are stipe, slope consist on bare bedrock, biological activities are constructed in the dry riverbeds that functions as sinks for the runoff generated from the slopes.
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2024-09-09 09:09:01

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1998
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_012)This site is a verified "LTER Israel" member.
Projects
eLTER (H2020)
eLTER catalogue
Photos
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Meteorological station
Meteorological station
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 30.75 Longitude: 34.8167

Size
ca. 1000.00ha
Elevation (average)
850.00msl
Elevation (min)
750.00msl
Elevation (max)
1037.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Desert
Ecosystem Type
Desert
Deserts and xeric shrublands
EUNIS habitat
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Dry grasslands (E1)
Grasslands and lands dominated by forbs, mosses or lichens (E) » Dry grasslands (E1) » Mediterranean xeric grassland (E1.3)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
17.00°C
Precipitation Annual
80.00mm
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. In some dry riverbeds there are scattered trees mainly of Pistacia atlantica
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
no experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
only observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
Yes
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Other data services
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Paper
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Unstructured file
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 2WD
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 (within site) » Telephone line
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » 10-100 kW
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
No
Site Visit Interval
21
Maintenance Interval
21
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
LTER Site Classification
Regular
Related Resources on DEIMS-SDR
1 dataset(s) in total:
Ramon: LTER_EU_IL_012: Meteorology Data (2004-2017)
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.