OZCAR-RI OMERE Kamech catchment - France

Basic Information
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Site Name
OZCAR-RI OMERE Kamech catchment
Short name
Kamech
Country
France
Web Address
http://www.obs-omere.org
Site Manager
Damien Raclot
Site Description
Small agricultural catchment (263 ha) in a Mediterranean environment with 20 years of data: impact of global change (climate and anthropogenic activities as agricultural practices) on water and erosion balance, fluxes and quality. Soils: Calcic Cambisols (63.5%), Regosols (25.5%), Eutric Regosols (9.6%) and Chromic Vertisols (1.4%). Main cultures: cereals and leguminous. Continuous automatic measurements at nested scales from plot to catchment outlet (surface runoff, shallow groundwaters, surface-atmosphere fluxes) and continuous monitoring of anthropogenic activities . More information available on http://www.obs-omere.org. Kamech experimental catchment belongs to the French SOERE-RBV Network.
Last modified
2024-03-04 09:03:51

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1994
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
OZCAR RI✔This site is a verified "OZCAR RI" member.
LTER Europe✔This site is a verified "LTER Europe" member.
LTER France✔ (CZO_EU_FR_141)This site is a verified "LTER France" member.
Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)✖The affiliation of this site with "Critical Zone Collaborative Network (CZ Net)" is not verified.
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 36.8714 Longitude: 10.8689

Size
~263.00ha
Elevation (average)
130.00msl
Elevation (min)
90.00msl
Elevation (max)
190.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Agricultural
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
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
17.50°C
Precipitation Annual
640.00mm
Landforms
Hill
Geology
slightly calcareous laminated mudstone, with intercalations of hard sandstone
Vegetation
Cereals (wheat, barley and oats) in rotation with leguminous crops (chickpeas and beans)
Mediterranean scrublands
Soils
Calcic Cambisols (63.5%), Regosols (25.5%), Eutric Regosols (9.6%) and Chronic Vertisols (1.4%)
Hydrology
intermittent flow
Protection Level (IUCN category)
not applicable
Land Use
primary production
primary production » agriculture
primary production » agriculture » agricultural production for own consumption
primary production » agriculture » commercial agricultural production
primary production » agriculture » farming infrastructure
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
catchment scale
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Observation devices » Measurement tower » Less than 10 m above canopy
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Map Service (WMS)
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Supporting infrastructure » Transportation » Vehicle 4WD
Supporting infrastructure » Staff room at site » Unknown number of places
Supporting infrastructure » Lodging at site » No lodging possible
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) » GMS/UMTS
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Data transmission » Data Transmission Type (within site) » No within site data transmission
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Supply Location » Central station(s)
Energy and data transmission infrastructure » Energy supply » Permanent Power Produced » Less than 1 kW
Equipment notes
The observatory includes systems for measuring hydrological, meteorological, hydrochemical and erosion factors from plot to catchment scales. Agronomic observations and measurements are also obtained.
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
dirt road (4WD)
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
20
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
The data provider must be offered co-authorship for publications using this dataset at least within the metadata description
Data Policy Notes
OMERE Data Policy need to be approved before the use of data.
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LTER Site Classification
Master
Related External Resources
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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

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