Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Vermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring Program: Plot Visit 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

    Long-term monitoring of forest soils is necessary to understand the effects of continued environmental change, including climate change, atmospheric deposition of metals, and recovery from acidic precipitation. A monitoring program was initiated in 2002 at five protected forest sites in Vermont, three in Mt. Mansfield State Forest and two in the Lye Brook Wilderness Area. Every 5 years at each site, ten soil pits are dug and sampled from subplots in a 50 × 50-m plot.

People

  • Joshua Halman: Content Provider

  • Carl Waite: Content Provider

  • Sandra Wilmot: Content Provider

  • Nancy Burt: Content Provider

  • Jamie Shanley: Content Provider

  • Deane Wang: Content Provider

  • Sean Lawson: Content Provider

  • Thomas Villars: Principal Investigator

  • Scott Bailey: Principal Investigator

  • Donald Ross: Principal Investigator

  • James Duncan: Content Provider

  • Jennifer Wright: Content Provider

  • Angelica Quintana: Content Provider

Keywords

  • forest health, long term monitoring, permanent plots, soils,

Organizations

  • United States Geological Survey (USGS) : partner
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service: partner
  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative (FEMC) : partner
  • University of Vermont College of Agriculture and Life Sciences: partner
  • United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service Green Mountain and Finger Lakes National Forests: partner

Geographic Coverage

  • Coordinates
    • -73.059551667, 43.05681667
    • -72.79543333, 43.05681667
    • -72.79543333, 44.53525
    • -73.059551667, 44.53525
    • -73.059551667, 43.05681667

Data Table

  • Title: Plot Visit Information
  • Start Date: 2002-01-01
  • Description: Tracking plot level visit information such as purpose, year, and specific quadrant visited.

  • Purpose: Tracking plot quadrant visits

  • Condensed Title: Z0161_2460_0YS31T

  • Object Name: VMC.161.2460

  • Data Type: mySQL
  • Citation: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative, University of Vermont, USDA Forest Service, Green Mountain National Forest and Northern Research Station, and US Geological Survey. (2018) Plot Visit Information. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/plot-visit-information

  • Online Distribution: https://vmc.w3.uvm.edu/vmcdevel/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/plot-visit-information

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: enuPurpose
    • Label: Purpose of Visit
    • Description: Purpose of the visit at the plot level ranging from regen, veg, to soil.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fkPlotID
    • Label: Plot ID
    • Description: Numerical ID given to each of the 100 plots within each site.
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fkQuadrantID
    • Label: Quadrant ID
    • Description: The quadrant of the subdivided pit, NE, SE, SW, NW, NA.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fkSiteID
    • Label: Site ID
    • Description: Two letter IDs given to each of the 5 sites.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldComments
    • Label: Comments
    • Description: Additional comments
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldCrew
    • Label: Crew
    • Description: Initials of all crew members involved with plot visit
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldEndDate
    • Label: End Date
    • Description: End Date
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: fldStartDate
    • Label: Start Date
    • Description: Start Date
    • Storage Type: datetime
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss
    Attribute Name: fldYear
    • Label: Year
    • Description: Visit year
    • Storage Type: date
    • Measurment Type: datetime
    • String Format: YYYY

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