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>Prairie du Sac - Sauk City precipitation records</title>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Richard</givenName>
        <surName>Lathrop</surName>
      </individualName>
      <electronicMailAddress>rlathrop@wisc.edu</electronicMailAddress>
    </creator>
<creator>
      <individualName>
        <givenName>Edward</givenName>
        <givenName>J.</givenName>
        <surName>Hopkins</surName>
      </individualName>
    </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-ntl/422/1</url>
</online>
</distribution>
<contact xmlns:ds="eml://ecoinformatics.org/dataset-2.1.0" xmlns:eml="https://eml.ecoinformatics.org/eml-2.2.0" xmlns:stmml="http://www.xml-cml.org/schema/stmml-1.2" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
      <organizationName>NTL LTER</organizationName>
      <address>
        <deliveryPoint>680 North Park Street</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Madison</city>
        <administrativeArea>WI</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>53706</postalCode>
        <country>United States</country>
      </address>
      <electronicMailAddress>ntl.infomgr@gmail.com</electronicMailAddress>
      <userId directory="https://ror.org">04gq8q482</userId>
    </contact>
</dataSource>
</methodStep>