OZCAR (Critical Zone Observatories: Research and Application) is a national distributed research infrastructure associating most of the French observation sites dedicated to the observation and monitoring of the Critical Zone, CZ, the thin outer venner of Earth’s continents extending from the top of the vegetation canopy down to groundwater.
The 3rd OZCAR TERENO conference ‘Advancing Critical Zone science’ will take place from 29 September to 2 October 2025 at the FIAP in Paris, France. The conference will take place over 3 days, with a visit to the Orgeval catchment area of the ORACLE/IR OZCAR observatory on 29 September. The conference will combine keynotes in […]
The 9th Annual Meeting of the IR OZCAR took place from 10 to 13 March 2025 in Levier (Doubs). Seventy-five participants were present on site and around fifteen were able to contribute remotely. We would like to thank all the participants for the rich exchanges and lively discussions that took place throughout the day.Despite the […]
This morning saw the start of the first hydrometry training course organized by the OZCAR research infrastructure in Lyon. The event brought together 18 participants – trainers, engineers and technicians from 9 OZCAR RI observatories – around the expertise of RiverLy‘s River Hydraulics team (INRAE, Lyon Villeurbanne). Over two days, participants will alternate between : […]
OZCAR-CRITECH meetings kick off! From today, the technical community of observatories will be getting together for the OZCAR-CRITECH meetings, the first event of its kind for OZCAR. Running until Wednesday 20 November in Écully, near Lyon, these days will feature oral and poster presentations, sensor and instrument demonstrations, and fruitful exchanges between participants. A key […]
3rd OZCAR TERENO Conference 2025
In October 2021, we organized the first conference jointly organised by French network OZCAR, the French research infrastructure on “Observatoires de la Zone Critique” and German network TERENO, “ Terrestrial Environmental Observatories ” in Strasbourg, France. It was the first meeting of this kind in Europe aiming at bringing together scientists active in terrestrial system’s research. This […]
The 3rd OZCAR TERENO conference ‘Advancing Critical Zone science’ will take place from 29 September to 2 October 2025 at the FIAP in Paris, France. The conference will take place over 3 days, with a visit to the Orgeval catchment area of the ORACLE/IR OZCAR observatory on 29 September. The conference will combine keynotes in […]
The 9th Annual Meeting of the IR OZCAR took place from 10 to 13 March 2025 in Levier (Doubs). Seventy-five participants were present on site and around fifteen were able to contribute remotely. We would like to thank all the participants for the rich exchanges and lively discussions that took place throughout the day.Despite the […]
This morning saw the start of the first hydrometry training course organized by the OZCAR research infrastructure in Lyon. The event brought together 18 participants – trainers, engineers and technicians from 9 OZCAR RI observatories – around the expertise of RiverLy‘s River Hydraulics team (INRAE, Lyon Villeurbanne). Over two days, participants will alternate between : […]
OZCAR-CRITECH meetings kick off! From today, the technical community of observatories will be getting together for the OZCAR-CRITECH meetings, the first event of its kind for OZCAR. Running until Wednesday 20 November in Écully, near Lyon, these days will feature oral and poster presentations, sensor and instrument demonstrations, and fruitful exchanges between participants. A key […]
3rd OZCAR TERENO Conference 2025
In October 2021, we organized the first conference jointly organised by French network OZCAR, the French research infrastructure on “Observatoires de la Zone Critique” and German network TERENO, “ Terrestrial Environmental Observatories ” in Strasbourg, France. It was the first meeting of this kind in Europe aiming at bringing together scientists active in terrestrial system’s research. This […]