OZCAR-RI ObsErA - Bras-David - Maison de la Forêt - Guadeloupe

Basic Information
Site Name
OZCAR-RI ObsErA - Bras-David - Maison de la Forêt
Short name
OBSERA BD-MDF
Country
Guadeloupe
Web Address
OBSERA
Operating Organisation
CNRS - Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU)
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
Site Manager
Eric Lajeunesse
Funding Agency
CNRS - Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU)
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP)
Site Description
The Bras-David river is located on Basse-Terre Island (Guadeloupe archipelago, lesser Antilles arc). This volcanic island results from the ongoing subduction of the Atlantic plate under the Caribbean plate. The Bras-David river drains a watershed of 19 km2 on the windward side of the active Soufrière volcano. The catchment is essentially composed of Pleistocene andesitic and dacitic formations, covered by a thick ferralitic soil. The latter consists of highly weathered volcanoclastic debris flows containing rocky clasts at various stages of weathering. Vegetation is mainly dominated by tropical rainforest. The hydrologic regime is torrential: flow rate is characterized by abrupt variations due to tropical rains. Storms and hurricanes are particularly frequent during the rainy season from june to january.
Last modified
2024-03-04 09:03:09

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
2013
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_101)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 by the network on DEIMS-SDR.
Photos
Bras David River at the Maison de la Forêt
Bras David River at the Maison de la Forêt
Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 16.17602 Longitude: -61.69324

Size
ca. 11270.00ha
Elevation (average)
496.00msl
Elevation (min)
215.00msl
Elevation (max)
1088.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
Boundaries [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Rainforest
Ecosystem Type
Forest
Rainforest
Rivers
Small rivers
Air Temperature: Average Annual
25.00°C
Precipitation Annual
2900.00mm
Geology
Andesitic
Vegetation
Tropical rainforest
Soils
The catchment is essentially composed of Pleistocene andesitic and dacitic formations, covered by a thick ferralitic soil.
Hydrology
Torrential regime
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
Design of Experimentation
mainly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
not applicable
Design of Observation
mainly observation
Scale of Observation
plot within catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Data portal
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Structured file
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Graph or object database
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
regular car
Permanent Operation
Yes
Site Visit Interval
30
Maintenance Interval
30
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy Notes
Users of ObsERA data are kindly asked to acknowledge the use of these data by including the following statement in published work and on websites: "The data were collected and distributed by the Observatoire de l?Eau et de l?éRosion aux Antilles (ObsERA)."
LTER Site Classification
Regular