Slingsby, JADe Buys, ASimmers, ADAPrinsloo, EForsyth, Gregory GGlenday, JAllsopp, N2022-03-222022-03-222021-04Slingsby, J., De Buys, A., Simmers, A., Prinsloo, E., Forsyth, G.G., Glenday, J. & Allsopp, N. 2021. Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment - 80 years and counting. <i>Hydrological Processes, 35(4).</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/123340885-60871099-1085https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14101http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12334The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Station was established in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa in 1935 to implement a multiple catchment experiment to determine the effects of afforestation on water yield. The experiment consists of six neighbouring catchments previously supporting indigenous fynbos shrublands, five of which were sequentially afforested with Pinus radiata plantations every 8 years from 1940 to 1980 and one kept as the control. They conclusively demonstrated a significant impact of afforestation on streamflow. The treatment catchments have seen subsequent plantation rotations since 1980 and rainfall and streamflow observations have been continued to date. Here we describe the site, experimental design, rainfall and streamflow records, instrumentation, and how to access the data. We also provide details of recently installed instrumentation, including full weather stations, fog gauges, and an eddy covariance flux tower. The Jonkershoek catchment experiment was the core of a globally significant interdisciplinary research programme (1935-1992) that shaped most environmental policies and practices relating to biodiversity, forestry, fire and water in South Africa and beyond. The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) inherited the experiment in 2010 and is maintaining it as a long-term eco-hydrological research platform and global change observatory.AbstractenJonkershoek Forestry Research StationJonkershoek rainfallJonkershoek streamflow processesPinus radiata plantationsArticleSlingsby, J., De Buys, A., Simmers, A., Prinsloo, E., Forsyth, G. G., Glenday, J., & Allsopp, N. (2021). Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment - 80 years and counting. <i>Hydrological Processes, 35(4)</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12334Slingsby, JA, A De Buys, ADA Simmers, E Prinsloo, Gregory G Forsyth, J Glenday, and N Allsopp "Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment - 80 years and counting." <i>Hydrological Processes, 35(4)</i> (2021) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12334Slingsby J, De Buys A, Simmers A, Prinsloo E, Forsyth GG, Glenday J, et al. Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment - 80 years and counting. Hydrological Processes, 35(4). 2021; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12334.TY - Article AU - Slingsby, JA AU - De Buys, A AU - Simmers, ADA AU - Prinsloo, E AU - Forsyth, Gregory G AU - Glenday, J AU - Allsopp, N AB - The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Station was established in the Mediterranean climate region of South Africa in 1935 to implement a multiple catchment experiment to determine the effects of afforestation on water yield. The experiment consists of six neighbouring catchments previously supporting indigenous fynbos shrublands, five of which were sequentially afforested with Pinus radiata plantations every 8 years from 1940 to 1980 and one kept as the control. They conclusively demonstrated a significant impact of afforestation on streamflow. The treatment catchments have seen subsequent plantation rotations since 1980 and rainfall and streamflow observations have been continued to date. Here we describe the site, experimental design, rainfall and streamflow records, instrumentation, and how to access the data. We also provide details of recently installed instrumentation, including full weather stations, fog gauges, and an eddy covariance flux tower. The Jonkershoek catchment experiment was the core of a globally significant interdisciplinary research programme (1935-1992) that shaped most environmental policies and practices relating to biodiversity, forestry, fire and water in South Africa and beyond. The South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) inherited the experiment in 2010 and is maintaining it as a long-term eco-hydrological research platform and global change observatory. DA - 2021-04 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Hydrological Processes, 35(4) KW - Jonkershoek Forestry Research Station KW - Jonkershoek rainfall KW - Jonkershoek streamflow processes KW - Pinus radiata plantations LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2021 SM - 0885-6087 SM - 1099-1085 T1 - Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment - 80 years and counting TI - Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment - 80 years and counting UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12334 ER -25566