Site Number/Name: CAP Central Arizona - Phoenix LTER

GFL No.:

Name:

State, Country: Arizona, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER (WEBB, NMS, MAB etc?)

CAP LTER

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

[USGS Biological Resources Division]

Location and size:

USGS Quad: See attached list

Center: [degrees, minutes, seconds] 33 24 00 N -112 00 00 W

NE corner: 34 21 25 N -110 27 50 W

SE corner: 33 27 25 N -110 27 50 W

SW corner: 33 27 25 N -113 31 12 W

NW corner: 34 21 25 N -113 3112 W

Center elevation: 360 meters

Size (N-S x E-W): [in kilometers-km and nautical miles – nm]

210 x 280 KM

113 x 155 NM

Resource to be monitored:

[Environmental change]

Interactions of ecological and socio-economic systems in an urban environment; influence of land use change on ecological patterns and processes; movement of nutrients through highly manipulated, urban flowpaths; interactions of introduced and native species in urban environment; millenium- and century-scale geomorphic change in landforms and interaction with engineered landscapes.

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

Principal biome/main communities: Sonoran Desert scrub. Urban parks, residential, interior remnant desert patches, commercial and industrial patches, urban fringe, regulated river and floodplain (dry), effluent-dominated river.

Frequency and time(s) of collection: [six-week window]

[seasonally: 4 x year in Jan, Mar, Jun, Sept]

Monitoring is based on two samples annually - Winter (January) and Spring (May)

Resolution/scale:
Varies according to need -

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

Normal spectral coverage for all bands.

Existing maps of area (digital?):

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