Method Step

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<methodStep>
<description>
<para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
<para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
</description>
<dataSource>
<title>A dataset for methane concentrations and fluxes for alpine permafrost streams and rivers on the East Qinghai-Tibet Plateau</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Liwei</givenName>
        <surName>Zhang</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Beijing Normal University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>zhangliwei@mail.bnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Xinghui</givenName>
        <surName>Xia</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Beijing Normal University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>xiaxh@bnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Shaoda</givenName>
        <surName>Liu</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Yale University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>shaoda.liu@yale.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Zhifeng</givenName>
        <surName>Yang</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Beijing Normal University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>zfyang@bnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Emily</givenName>
        <givenName>H</givenName>
        <surName>Stanley</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Wisconsin-Madison</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ehstanley@wisc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Raymond</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Yale University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>peter.raymond@yale.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<distribution>
<online>
<onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
<url function="information">https://pasta-s.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/124/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Liwei</givenName>
        <surName>Zhang</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Beijing Normal University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>zhangliwei@mail.bnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>