Coordinates:
35.55055° N,
9.91400° E
Elevation: 130.0 m
Site Description
The photometer is installed on the roof of a private house in the middle of an irrigated plain with cereals, market gardening and orchards. The Ben Salem site is 20 km south west of Kairouan in the central Tunisia and 70 km east of the Mediterranean coast. The climate is semi-arid, with winter rains and high temperature in summer.
Hassen Ayari IRD (Representation de l'Institut de recherche pour le developpement en Tunisie) 5, impasse Chahrazede, 1004 El Menzah 4, Tunis, Tunisia Phone +216 71750009 fax +216 71750254 EMail: hassen.ayari@ird.fr
Responsible
Institution(s):
CESBIO: Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere (CNRS, UPS, CNES, IRD), Toulouse, France http://www.cesbio.ups-tlse.fr/