Sierra Nevada (Spain)
- Sierra Nevada LTER website
- Global Change Observatory Sierra Nevada website
- Site Manager: Fransisico Javier Bonet
General information
- Operator: Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente, Consejería de Medio Ambiente
- Altitude: 700-3480m asl
- Size: 172,000 ha
- Established: 2008
- Climate zone: mediterranean
- Ecosystem type: mediterranean forests, alpine shrublands and pastures, mountain lakes
- Point coordinates: 37.0855°N, 3.18748°W
Variables measured
- Air temperature
- Precipitation
- Soil temperature
- Solar radiation
- Snow depth
- Duration water equivalent
- Snow density
- Vegetation phenology
- Biodiversity