Data Catalog

For over 40 years, the Jornada LTER program has collected data in the Chihuahuan desert according to several core research themes. These themes and selected long-term datasets are highlighted in Tab 1, below. The entire primary Jornada LTER data catalog, hosted at EDI, is searchable in Tab 2, and Jornada data holdings in other repositories are in Tab 3. Selected spatial data layers are in Tab 4, and data from partner networks in the Jornada Basin can be found in Tab 5. For help with data, please contact the Jornada Information Management team (jornada.data@nmsu.edu).

Changes in vegetation cover and production

Environmental monitoring and meteorology

Physical and biogeochemical fluxes

Animal populations and trophic interactions

Soils, geology, and landforms

  • Parent material, landform, and soil maps of the Jornada Basin (coming soon)
  • Soil physical and geochemical profiles at the NPP sites (coming soon)

This listing includes citeable Jornada datasets not published in EDI, and some come from our Jornada partner networks listed in in Tab 5 (Data partnerships) of the data catalog. This listing includes both unique published datasets and web data portals. It is not comprehensive yet, but we’re working on it.

Spatial data for the Jornada Basin, including the JER and CDRRC, are managed in the Jornada GeoPortal website. A listing of public layers is displayed below, but the listing for logged-in users is more extensive, and includes interactive maps and web apps. You will need to provide an ArcGIS Online account to log in, which can be obtained from your institution (if available), or by creating a public account with ESRI (instructions here). Fill out the Jornada Spatial Data Release Agreement, including your ArcGIS Online identity, to be added to the Jornada GeoPortal user group.

Previous spatial data layers from the Jornada website are available here.

Researchers at the Jornada will find pertinent local and regional data available from numerous agencies and research groups that partner with us. Below we have assembled resources, relevant data portals, and links to individual Jornada datasets for these data partnerships. Some of the citeable datasets from these partners can also be searched in Tab 3 (Data in other repositories) of the data catalog.

AmeriFlux

There are two eddy covariance towers in the Jornada Basin that are members of the…

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LTAR (USDA)

The USDA-ARS Jornada Experimental Range is a site in the USDA Long-Term Agroecosystem Research network…

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NEON (JORN site)

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) operates the JORN observatory site on the Jornada Experimental…

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NRCS

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) operates a meteorology and soil observation station on the…

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