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>Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest: Log decomposition sensor data</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Mark</givenName>
        <givenName>B</givenName>
        <surName>Green</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Case Western Reserve University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>mbg78@case.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7415-7209</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Daniel</givenName>
        <givenName>M</givenName>
        <surName>Evans</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Plymouth State University</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>dmevans1@plymouth.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5637-1140</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Shawn</givenName>
        <surName>Fraver</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>University of Maine</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>shawn.fraver@maine.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>David</givenName>
        <givenName>A</givenName>
        <surName>Lutz</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Dartmouth College</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>David.A.Lutz@Dartmouth.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Chris</givenName>
        <givenName>W</givenName>
        <surName>Woodall</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>christopher.w.woodall@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/knb-lter-hbr/306/3</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>