NSF - Global Fiducial Site Survey

 

 Site Number/Name:

 

         GFL No.:

         Name: Cedar Creek Natural History Area

         State, Country: Minnesota, USA

 

 Priority:               1

 

 Site designation(s):   CDR -  LTER 

 Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

 

University of Minnesota

 

         [USGS Biological Resources Division]

 

 Location and size:

         USGS Quad:    Isanti Quad

 

 

 

         Center: [degrees, minutes, seconds] W93 deg, 12min, 0 sec, N45 deg.,

            24min, 0 sec

 

         NE corner: W 92 deg, 31 min, 0 sec,   N  45 deg, 30 min, 0 sec

 

        SE corner:W 92 deg, 31 min, 0 sec, N 45 deg, 0 min, 0 sec

 

         SW corner: w 93 deg, 25min,    N 45 deg, 0 min, 0 sec

         NW corner: w 93 deg, 25min, 0 sec, N45 deg, 30 min, 0 sec

 

         Center elevation: approx 300 m

 

         Size (N-S x E-W):   50km x 50km   30nm x 30nm [in kilometers-km and

 nautical miles - nm]

 

 Resource to be monitored: Landcover, Elevation, Hydrology, Vegetation Change

 

         [Environmental change]

 

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

 Forest/grassland border, savanna, agriculture/urbanization fringe

 

 Frequency and time(s) of collection:    [six-week window] mid summer, July

 15th +- three weeks  [seasonally: 4 x year in Jan, Mar, Jun, Sept] Seasonal data would be good

 

 Resolution/scale: any resolution down to 1m would be good

 

 Special characteristics (spectral values, thermal anomalies,

 underwater/ground, etc.):  Near and mid infrared as well as visible would be a

 plus

 

 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):  Paul Bolstad

 at Cedar Creek, John Vande Castle at LTER

 

         [John Vande Castle,  Security Clearance - YES