Data Package Metadata View Summary

Lake surface areas and watershed areas for 4012 lakes in the USA and New Zealand

General Information

Data Package:
Local Identifier:	edi.319.2
Title:	Lake surface areas and watershed areas for 4012 lakes in the USA and New Zealand
Alternate Identifier:	DOI PLACE HOLDER
Abstract:	A compilation of lake surface areas and watershed areas for 4012 lakes in the USA and New Zealand. Lakes are also identified by region and lake origin/type, using designations provided in the original datasets if available.
Publication Date:	2019-09-16

Time Period

Begin:

1984-01-01

End:

2018-01-01

People and Organizations
Contact:	Walter, Jonathan A (University of Virginia) [ email ]
Creator:	Walter, Jonathan A (University of Virginia)
Creator:	Fleck, Rachel (Iowa State University)
Creator:	Pace, Michael L (University of Virginia)
Creator:	Wilkinson, Grace M (Iowa State University)

Data Entities
Data Table Name:	Lake and watershed areas
Description:	Lake and watershed areas

Detailed Metadata

Data Entities

Data Table


Data:	https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/data/eml/edi/319/2/e18383ac8d7dc950b8aa72d32a6dc176
Name:	Lake and watershed areas
Description:	Lake and watershed areas
Number of Records:	4012
Number of Columns:	6

Table Structure

Object Name:

ca_lsa_combined_edi.csv

Size:

205050 bytes

Authentication:

0c6f37008ffc4d6bcd0d10e5fee58d7e Calculated By MD5

Text Format:

Number of Header Lines:

Record Delimiter:

Orientation:

column

Simple Delimited:

Field Delimiter:

Table Column Descriptions

Column Name:

name

type

lsa_ha

ca_ha

region

dataset

Definition:

Name of the lake as listed in the original dataset

Lake type or origin, as defined in the original dataset.

Lake surface area

Catchment area

Region of the lake, as defined in the original dataset.

Dataset of origin

Storage Type:

string

float

string

Measurement Type:

nominal

ratio

nominal

Measurement Values Domain:

Definition

Name of the lake as listed in the original dataset

Definition

Lake type or origin, as defined in the original dataset.

Unit	hectare
Type	real
Min	0.2
Max	167489.61

Unit	hectare
Type	real
Min	1.86
Max	65646221.56

Definition

Region of the lake, as defined in the original dataset.

Definition

Dataset of origin

Missing Value Code:

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value

Code	NA
Expl	Missing value

Accuracy Report:

Accuracy Assessment:

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Methods:

Data Package Usage Rights

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Keywords

By Thesaurus:
LTER Controlled Vocabulary	lakes, limnology, watersheds
(No thesaurus)	lake area scaling

Methods and Protocols

These methods, instrumentation and/or protocols apply to all data in this dataset:

Methods and protocols used in the collection of this data package

Description:

Selected datasets were compiled by the authors and lake surface areas and catchment areas were converted to common units of hectares. Datasets were selected based on ease of acquisition and representation of multiple continents, ecological, and geophysical settings. Lakes are also identified by region and lake origin/type, using designations provided in the original datasets if available.

Description: