OZCAR: The French Network of Critical Zone Observatories

M-TROPICS is one of the 21 CZOs part of OZCAR, the French network of environmental observatories aiming at monitoring the various compartments of the critical zone over the long term. The position paper of OZCAR has been published in Vadose Zone Journal and is available here (open access).

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