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>Soil temperature along an elevation gradient at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest, 2010 - ongoing</title>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Peter</givenName>
            <givenName>M</givenName>
            <surName>Groffman</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Cary Insitute of Ecosystem Studies</organizationName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>PO AB</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Millbrook</city>
            <administrativeArea>NY</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>12545</postalCode>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>groffmanp@caryinstitute.org</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-8371-6255</userId>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/01dhcyx48</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Jorge</givenName>
            <surName>Durán</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of Coimbra, Portugal</organizationName>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
            <givenName>L</givenName>
            <surName>Morse</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Portland State University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>jlmorse@pdx.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8872-4940</userId>
      </creator>
<creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Geoffrey</givenName>
            <surName>Wilson</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>wilsong@caryinstitute.org</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">orcid logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4454-0669</userId>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">https://ror.org/01dhcyx48</userId>
      </creator>
<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>
<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/315/4</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
         <organizationName>Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study</organizationName>
         <positionName>Information Manager</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>234 Mirror Lake Road</deliveryPoint>
            <city>North Woodstock</city>
            <administrativeArea>NH</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>03262</postalCode>
            <country>United States</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <onlineUrl>https://hubbardbrook.org</onlineUrl>
      </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>