Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Green Mountain National Forests Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring Project (LEMP): Plot Identifying Information

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    This project is a 50-year monitoring effort to examine the long-term effects of broad-scale environmental changes--particularly changes in climate, air quality, soil health, and vegetation, in the Green Mountain National Forests.

People

  • Diane Burbank: Content Provider

  • Nancy Burt: Content Provider

  • Angelica Quintana: Content Provider

  • Mary Beth Poli: Content Provider

  • Suzanne Gifford: Principal Investigator

  • John McCann: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest ecology, forest service, long term monitoring, monitoring,

Organizations

  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain National Forest: lead
  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : partner

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates

    Data Table

    • Title: Plot Identifying Information
    • Start Date: 2008-01-01
    • End Date: 2058-12-31
    • Description: Foundational information about plots, including location and status

    • Purpose: Track plot-level information about LEMP plots.

    • Condensed Title: Z0338_2453_1SYMEN

    • Object Name: VMC.338.2453

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Green Mountain National Forest, USFS (2018) Plot Identifying Information. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/plot-identifying-information-1

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-ecosystem-monitoring-program-gmfl/dataset/plot-identifying-information-1

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: Comments
      • Label: Comments
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: CoordinateSystem
      • Label: CoordinateSystem
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Directions
      • Label: Directions
      • Description: Directions to the plot center for subplot 1.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Elevation
      • Label: Elevation
      • Description: Elevation above sea level. There is no maximum as indicated by a value of 99999.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: feet
      • Number Type: whole
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 99999
      Attribute Name: ForestType
      • Label: ForestType
      • Description: The type of forest or natural community that the plot is located in.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Latitude
      • Label: Latitude
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.00001
      • Unit: degrees
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: -90
        • Maximum: 90
      Attribute Name: Longitude
      • Label: Longitude
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 0.00001
      • Unit: degrees
      • Number Type: rational
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: -180
        • Maximum: 180
      Attribute Name: PlotID
      • Label: PlotID
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: PlotName
      • Label: PlotName
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: Slope
      • Label: Slope
      • Description: The percent of incline or decline on the landscape.
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Precision: 1
      • Unit: percent
      • Number Type: whole
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 100
      Attribute Name: Soils
      • Label: Soils
      • Description: Soil type.
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal

    Methods

    • No methods recorded for this dataset

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • No site characteristics recorded for this dataset