GeographicKruger National ParkSite type: International AffiliatePI name(s): Navashni Govender Continent: Africa
Conservation area within the savanna biome
Location(s)Website: The Kruger National Park was established northeastern South Africa in 1926, and covers 1,948,528 ha. Elevations range from 260 to 839 m above sea level, and mean annual rainfall varies from around 350 mm in the north to around 750 mm in the south. The rainfall regime is characterized by extended wet and dry periods, in which the rainfall is either higher than the long-term mean, or lower than the mean, for between 6 and 12 consecutive years. These extended wet and dry periods have marked effects on the occurrence of fires, mainly through their influence on grass fuel loads. Nevada's Eco-Hydro-Climatic Observatories (NEHCO)Site type: US AffiliatePI name(s): Gayle Dana, Nick Lancaster (DRI), Scott Mensing (UNR), Tom Piechota (UNLV) Soil Order: MultipleContinent: North Americaco-PI name(s): Ecological Change Component: Franco Biondi (UNR), Jay Arnone (DRI), Brett Riddle (UNLV) Water Resources Component: Mike Young (DRI), Laurel Saito (UNR), Dale Devitt (UNLV) And many others
Valley-to-peak transects for the analysis of environmental responses to climate change in the Great Basin
Location(s)Website: NEHCO is part of an NSF-EPSCoR grant awarded to the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) for the 2008-2013 period. As stated in the original proposal, entitled "Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education, and Outreach", our vision is to create a statewide interdisciplinary program and virtual climate change center that will stimulate transformative research, education, and outreach on the effects of regional climate change on ecosystem resources (especially water) and support use of this knowledge by policy makers and stakeholders. Strengbach catchment - OHGESite type: International AffiliatePI name(s): Marie-Claire Pierret Continent: Europe
Granitic forested catchment in North East of France, monitored since 1986
Location(s)The Strengbach catchment is an experimental forest monitored since 1986 for hydrological, geochemical and meteorological data. This 80ha surface area catchment is located in the Vosges massif with a temperate oceanic mountainous climate, on granitic bedrock. All reservoirs involved in the biogeochemical cycling are studied. Wet atmospheric depositions (rain, snow), dry atmospheric particles (aerosols), all stream and spring waters, groundwaters (piezometer), soil profiles, saprolite and bedrock, vegetation (roots, wood, bark, leaves, litter). Integrated Monitoring in SwedenSite type: International AffiliatePI name(s): Lars Lundin Continent: Europe
Monitoring of Coniferous forest sites on till soils in protected areas
Location(s)Website: During the 80´s about twenty sites were selected representing various biotopes all over Sweden, from southern deciduous woodland via coniferous forest to open mire, lake and alpine heath. Their sizes ranged from a few to well over one thousand hectares. The deposition of air pollutants, mainly sulphur and nitrogen, is greatest in the southwest. Therefore most of the sites were situated there. During the period 1982 till about 1994 these sites were monitored. GuadeloupeSite type: International AffiliatePI name(s): Céline Dessert Continent: Europe
Monitoring of soil solution, stream water chemistry and physical denudation
Location(s)Guadeloupe is a volcanic island submitted to humid tropical climate. Geology is pyroclastics, basalts and andesites. Age of rocks ranges from modern to 3 Ma according to a South-North age (and elevation) gradient. A strong precipitation gradient occurs between the East Coast (exposed to trade winds) and the mch more drier West Coast. Max. precipitations are 10 m at the top of the volcanoe, La Soufrière. The Capesterre watershed is monitored automatically and two lysimeter systems are ued to monitor soil solution profiles in Capesterre and Bras David Watersheds. Susquehanna Shale Hills TransectSite type: US AffiliateContinent: North America
A transect of sites on Shale along the east coast of the US
Location(s)A transect of sites on Shale along the east coast of the United States. Boulder Creek Critical Zone ObservatorySite type: CZO
Weathered profile development in a rocky
Location(s)Boulder Creek drains 1160 km2 from the Continental Divide in the Front Range of Colorado to its confluence with South St. Vrain River, and spans elevations from 1480 to 4120 m (Fig 1). The upper half of the watershed is a mountainous landscape of crystalline rocks, while the lower half crosses the piedmont and is underlain by sedimentary rocks and lined with alluvial terraces. The project will focus on the mountain portion, carved in Precambrian (1.7 by) granodiorite and older biotite gneiss (Lovering & Goddard, 1950), where three distinct erosion regimes arise (Birkeland et al., 2003). Southern Sierra Critical Zone ObservatorySite type: CZO
Kings River Experimental Watersheds - P300 series nested catchments
Location(s)The rain-snow transition zone is particularly vulnerable to large & rapid changes in climate & landcover. While this zone undergoes rapid seasonal changes, going from snowcoverto wet soil to dry soil over a 1-2 month period, climate warming will shift this transition period earlier or eliminate it entirely. The result will be major changes in seasonal-to-interannualcritical zone processes involving water, nutrients and ecosystem response of the largely mixed conifer forest found in the rain-snow transition zone. SDEG - Sonoran Desert Environmental GradientSite type: US AffiliatePI name(s): Craig Rasmussen Continent: North Americaco-PI name(s): M. Crimmins T. Meixner J. Chorover E. Schwartz
Saguaro National Park
Location(s)Saguaro National Park Panola MountainSite type: US AffiliateContinent: North America
Panola Mountain
Location(s)Panola Mountain |
