The Mediterranean Observatory of Rural Environment and Water
OMERE is part of the study of global changes affecting Mediterranean hydro-agrosystems. It focuses on a hydrological context that is intermediate between arid and temperate environments and subject to a wide range of hydrological processes ranging from intense droughts to extreme floods, and on a social and human context that is currently undergoing considerable changes (intensification of agricultural production in favourable areas, abandonment of land that cannot be intensified, increase in catchment areas, hydro-agricultural or conservation developments) linked in particular to a rapid increase in population density. The various climate change scenarios developed by the IGCC predict major rainfall changes at these latitudes: a decrease in winter rainfall, an increase in stormy rainfall and extreme rainfall. In this context, the observatory is based on the acquisition of climatic, hydrological, sediment and solute flow records over the past two decades in two elementary Mediterranean catchment areas that are differentiated in terms of soils, hydro-agricultural developments, farming practices and their evolutionary dynamics: Roujan (France, mainly cultivated with vines) and Kamech (Tunisia, mixed farming). The observatory aims to i) understand the impact of agricultural activities on mass flows in elementary Mediterranean catchment areas: The observatory aims to i) understand the impact of agricultural activities on mass flows in elementary Mediterranean catchment areas: hydrological regimes and balances, allocation of water resources, erosion dynamics, changes in water quality; ii) assess the intensities and speeds of quantitative and qualitative changes in water and soil resources as a function of changes in land use; iii) support the development of approaches for modelling flows in cultivated areas; iv) provide scientific bases, references and diagnostic tools for agri-environmental engineering of cultivated landscapes OMERE is co-managed by four French and Tunisian laboratories (HSM, INAT, INRGREF, LISAH). It is part of several networks, including the OZCAR research infrastructure (https://www.ozcar-ri.org/), and is a stakeholder in the CRITEX project "National park of innovative equipment for the spatial and temporal study of the Critical Zone of Watersheds" selected by the Ministry in the framework of the 2nd wave of the call for projects "Investissement d'Avenir Equipements d'excellence".
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Point of contact
No information provided.
Custodian
INRAE - GC
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Roujan site manager
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Administrateur du Système d'Informations
)
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/c-coulouma
2, place Pierre Viala
,
Bâtiment 24
,
Montpellier
,
34060
,
France
+33499613074
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/c-coulouma
Custodian
IRD - OG
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Kamech site manager
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Administrateur du Système d'Informations
)
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/o-grunberger
43 Avenue Charles Nicolle
,
INAT Tunisie
,
Tunis
,
1082
,
Tunisia
+216(0)92 643 163
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/o-grunberger
Principal investigator
IRD - DR
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Damien RACLOT
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Scientific Coordinator of the Observatory
)
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/d-raclot
2, place Pierre Viala
,
Bâtiment 24
,
Montpellier
,
34060
,
France
+33499612225
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/d-raclot
Principal investigator
INRAE - JM
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Jérôme MOLENAT
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Observatory Scientific Coordinator
)
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/j-molenat
2, place Pierre Viala
,
Bâtiment 24
,
Montpellier
,
34060
,
France
+33499612160
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/j-molenat
Principal investigator
INRGREF
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Rim ZITOUNA-CHEBBI
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Scientific Coordinator of the Observatory
)
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rim_Zitouna-Chebbi
Rue Hédi Karray
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INRGREF
,
Ariana
,
2080
,
Tunisia
+216(0)92 643 163
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rim_Zitouna-Chebbi
Principal investigator
ORE OMERE
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Scientific Coordinators
(
Scientific coordination of the Observatory
)
2, place Pierre Viala
,
Bâtiment 24
,
Montpellier
,
34060
,
France
https://www.obs-omere.org/fr/organisation
- Keywords
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- Keywords ( Place )
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- Mediterranean
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
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- Geology
- Meteorological geographical features
- Land cover
- Land use
- Soil
- Hydrography
- Environmental monitoring facilities
- theme.hydrology_unesco.rdf theme.hydrology_unesco.rdf ( Theme )
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- Hydrosphere
- Surface water
- Hydrological cycle
- Ecohydrology
- Hydrology education
- Hydrogeology
- Hydrological networks
- Hydrological measurement
- Water balance
- Groundwater
- Hydrology
- Fluid mechanics
- Hydrological research
- Water resources
- theme.agricultral_land.rdf theme.agricultral_land.rdf ( Theme )
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- Land use
- Soil resources
- Agricultural land
- Agronomy
- Cultivation
- Access constraints
- Copyright
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- Begin date
- 1992-01-01
- OnLine resource
- ORE OMERE website ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
- Site web de l'IR OZCAR ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- OnLine resource
- OMERE data access ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- File identifier
- 72ed6284-5330-4921-a41e-184609f01f14 XML
- Metadata language
- fr
- Hierarchy level
- Series
- Hierarchy level name
- observatoryLevel
- Date stamp
- 2021-03-24T14:00:55
Custodian
INRAE - AD
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Arnaud DUBREUIL
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Information System Administrator
)
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/a-dubreuil
2, place Pierre Viala
,
Bâtiment 24
,
Montpellier
,
34060
,
France
+33499612347
https://www.umr-lisah.fr/?q=fr/content/a-dubreuil
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