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>Meteorological data for the Manitou Experimental Forest, Colorado, USA, 1936-1997</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Paula</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Fornwalt</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>paula.fornwalt@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-5252-408X</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Ana</givenName>
        <givenName>T</givenName>
        <surName>Miller-ter Kuile</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Environmental Data Initiative</organizationName>
      <positionName>Data Fellow</positionName>
      <electronicMailAddress>ana.miller.ter.kuile@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-2599-5158</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>John</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Frank</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>john.frank@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-6543-0333</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Steven</givenName>
        <surName>Alton</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>steven.k.alton@usda.gov</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/733/2</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Paula</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>Fornwalt</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>paula.fornwalt@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-5252-408X</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>