Site Number/Name:LTER Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest (contact: dverbyla@lter.uaf.edu)

GFL No.:

Name: BNZ Long Term Ecological Research Site

State, Country: Alaska, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

USDA Forest Service, NSF

Location and size:

USGS Quad: Fairbanks C3, Fairbanks D3

Center:148 20' 0" W 64 45' 0" N

NE corner:147 0' 0" W 65 0' 0" N

SE corner: 147 0' 0" W 64 30' 0" N

SW corner: 149 0' 0" W 64 30' 0" N

NW corner: 149 0' 0" W 65 0' 0" N

Center elevation: 300 meters

Size (N-S x E-W): 100km by 100km

Resource to be monitored:Long term ecological changes

[Environmental change]

Detailed description, management issues (e.g. ecosystem represented):

Taiga/Boreal Forest

Frequency and time(s) of collection: all scenes May 1 - Sept 1, frequent cloud cover problem

Resolution/scale:

Special characteristics (spectral values, thermal anomalies, underwater/ground, etc.):

Existing maps of area : USGS Fairbanks C3,D3 1:63 360 quads

MEDEA sponsor (active/passive):

Sponsoring agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF agency point of contact: [Alan M. Gaines, Scott L. Collins]

NSF site point of contact (current security clearance, if any):

[John Vande Castle, Security Clearance YES