Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Vermont Long-Term Soil Monitoring Program: Site 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

    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, site characteristics, site conditions, 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: Site Identifying Information
  • Start Date: 2002-01-01
  • Description: Within the long-term soil monitoring network, there are 5 permanent sites. Three sites were established within the boundaries of Mount. Mansfield within northern Vermont and two were established within the boundaries of the Lye Brook Wilderness Area in southern Vermont.

  • Purpose: Tracking site-specific information

  • Condensed Title: Z0161_2464_H8QPS2

  • Object Name: VMC.161.2464

  • 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) Site Identifying Information. FEMC. Available online at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/long-term-soil-monitoring/dataset/site-identifying-information

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

Attribute List

    Attribute Name: fldAspect
    • Label: Aspect
    • Description: Aspect
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: interval
    • Precision: 0.1
    • Unit: degree
      • Bounds:
      • Minimum: 0
      • Maximum: 360
    Attribute Name: fldForestType
    • Label: Forest Type
    • Description: a brief description of the forest type within each site.
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldLatitude
    • Label: Latitude
    • Description: Latitude of the center of the site
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 0.0000001
    • Unit: degree
    Attribute Name: fldLocationName
    • Label: Location Name
    • Description: Two letter ID indicating whether a site was within the Mt. Mansfield network (MT) or Lye Brook (LB).
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldLongitude
    • Label: Longitude
    • Description: Longitude of the center of the site
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 0.0000001
    • Unit: degree
    Attribute Name: fldSiteDescription
    • Label: Site Description
    • Description: Site description
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldSiteName
    • Label: Site Name
    • Description: Site Name
    • Storage Type: text
    • Measurment Type: nominal
    Attribute Name: fldSlope
    • Label: Slope
    • Description: Slope of the site
    • Storage Type: decimal
    • Measurment Type: ratio
    • Precision: 0.001
    Attribute Name: fldStandAge
    • Label: Stand Age
    • Description: Estimated stand age as of 2000
    • Storage Type: int
    • Measurment Type: interval
    Attribute Name: pkSiteID
    • Label: Site ID
    • Description: Site ID
    • 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