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>Greenhouse gas data of permafrost-affected reservoirs on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 2016-2018</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Liwei</givenName>
            <surName>Zhang</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>East China Normal University</organizationName>
         <address>
            <city>Shanghai</city>
            <country>China</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>lwzhang@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1610-2816</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Emily</givenName>
            <givenName>H</givenName>
            <surName>Stanley</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Wisconsin-Madison</organizationName>
         <address>
            <city>Madison</city>
            <country>USA</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>ehstanley@wisc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4922-8121</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Gerard</givenName>
            <surName>Rocher-Ros</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>gerard.rocher.ros@slu.se</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-7853-2531</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Joshua</givenName>
            <givenName>F</givenName>
            <surName>Dean</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Bristol</organizationName>
         <address>
            <city>Bristol</city>
            <country>UK</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>josh.dean@bristol.ac.uk</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9058-7076</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Xinghui</givenName>
            <surName>Xia</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Beijing Normal University</organizationName>
         <address>
            <city>Beijing</city>
            <country>China</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>xiaxh@bnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-8663-6346</userId>
      </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/1645/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Liwei</givenName>
            <surName>Zhang</surName>
         </individualName>
         <address>
            <city>Shanghai</city>
            <country>China</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>lwzhang@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-1610-2816</userId>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>