Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

Global Change Fingerprints in Protected Montane Forests of Northeastern US: Climate Summary of Mt. Mansfield Sampling Locations

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Metadata Provider

  • Forest Ecosystem Monitoring Cooperative

    • Address:
      705 Spear Street
      South Burlington, Vermont 05403
      United States of America

      Phone: (802) 391-4135
      Email: femc@uvm.edu
      Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Abstract

    This is a low impact research project that involves a) vegetation surveys to characterize forest overstory structure (tree id, height and diameter) and understory composition (tree seedlings and herbaceous cover); b) measurements of long term stand microclimate using iButton data loggers and c) extracting tree cores to study how climate affects tree growth and mortality.

People

  • Jay W. Wason: Content Provider

  • Martin Dovciak: Principal Investigator

Organizations

  • The State University of New York (SUNY) College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF): lead

Geographic Coverage

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    Data Table

    • Title: Climate Summary of Mt. Mansfield Sampling Locations
    • Start Date: 2013-05-15
    • End Date: 2014-05-15
    • Description: Summaries of temperature at 3 elevations on Mt Mansfield over a 1 year period

    • Purpose: Compare climate at sampling sites

    • Condensed Title: Z0340_SiteClimate

    • Object Name: VMC.340.451

    • Data Type: mySQL
    • Citation: Martin Dovciak. 2013. Climate Summary of Mt. Mansfield Sampling Locations . SUNY ESF. FEMC. Can be found at: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/global-change-northeastern-montane-forests/dataset/site-climate-montane-global-change

    • Online Distribution: https://www.uvm.edu/femc/data/archive/project/global-change-northeastern-montane-forests/dataset/site-climate-montane-global-change

    Attribute List

      Attribute Name: mountain
      • Label: Name of Mountain
      • Description: Name of mountain where samples were collected
      • Storage Type: text
      • Measurment Type: nominal
      Attribute Name: site
      • Label: Elevation
      • Description: Elevation of plot site
      • Storage Type: int
      • Measurment Type: ratio
      • Standard Unit: meter
      • Precision: 100
      • Unit: meter
      • Number Type: real
        • Bounds:
        • Minimum: 0
        • Maximum: 1500
      Attribute Name: av.da.temp.C
      • Label: Average Daily Temperature
      • Description: Average daily temperature in degrees Celsius over whole study period
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: celsius
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      • Unit: celsius
      • Number Type: real
      Attribute Name: av.day.tmax.C
      • Label: Average daily maximum temperature
      • Description: Average daily maximum temperature in Celsius over whole study period
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: celsius
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      • Unit: celsius
      • Number Type: real
      Attribute Name: av.day.tmin.C
      • Label: Average Daily Minimum Temperature
      • Description: Average daily minimum temperature in Celsius over whole study period
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: celsius
      • Precision: 0.000000001
      • Unit: celsius
      • Number Type: real
      Attribute Name: GDD.C
      • Label: Growing Degree Days
      • Description: Growing degree days of the site (base 4C, no max) over whole study period
      • Storage Type: decimal
      • Measurment Type: interval
      • Standard Unit: celsius
      • Precision: 0.0001
      • Unit: celsius
      • Number Type: real

    Methods

    • Past Methods (no longer in use)
      • Site climate assessment
        • Started: 2013-06-04
          Ended: 2014-05-01
        • Method Description: At 3 elevations (900 m, 1000 m and 1100 m) an iButton temperature/humidity sensor in a protective case was deployed

    Sampling Equipment

    • No sampling equipment recorded for this dataset

    Site Characteristics

    • Site Description: Plots every 100 m from 900 m to 1100 m on Mt Mansfield

    • Minimum Altitude: 900 meter

    • Maximum Altitude: 1100 meter