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: Watershed 3 Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Kevin</givenName>
        <givenName>J</givenName>
        <surName>McGuire</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>kevin.mcguire@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5751-3956</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Scott</givenName>
        <givenName>W</givenName>
        <surName>Bailey</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>scott.bailey@usda.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9160-156X</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>JP</givenName>
        <surName>Gannon</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>Virginia Tech</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>jpgannon@vt.edu</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4595-3214</userId>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Josh</givenName>
        <givenName>R</givenName>
        <surName>Benton</surName>
      </individualName>
      <organizationName>North Carolina Geological Survey</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>joshua.benton@ncdenr.gov</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://orcid.org">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1698-6455</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/364/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact>
      <organizationName>Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study</organizationName>
      <electronicMailAddress>hbr-im@lternet.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>