CALVAL EVALUATION OF DESIS PRODUCTS IN AMIAZ PLAIN AND MAKHTESH RAMON TEST SITES, SOUTHERN ISRAEL

Understanding how climate and land-use change affect water resources requires observations that connect processes from soils and vegetation to groundwater and streams. The Alento dataset is presented that integrates environmental monitoring with targeted field observations across multiple Critical Zone components and scales. The dataset offers a distinctive resource for studying water storage and movement, evaluating environmental models, and improving understanding of water-limited regions.

Modelling changes in soil carbon stocks often relies on field measurements, such as temperature, rainfall and plant growth, but these data are not widely available across large areas. Using 16 long-term experiments data across Europe, we tested how model results changed when field measurements were replaced with satellite-based and other spatial data. Overall, spatial data produced reliable estimates of soil carbon change, supporting their use in large-scale assessments.