Site Number/Name: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBR)

GFL No.:

Name: Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest (HBR)

State, Country: New Hampshire, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER, MAB

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any: Yale, Cornell, and Syracuse Universities; Institute of Ecosystem Studies; USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station

Location and size: West Thornton, NH

USGS Quad: Mt. Kineo, NH; Woodstock, NH

Center: -71 45' 05" 43 56' 23"

NE corner: -71 41' 13" 43 57' 43"

SE corner: -71 41' 13" 43 54' 57"

SW corner: -71 48' 18" 43 54' 57"

NW corner: -71 48' 18" 43 57' 43"

Center elevation: 581 m

Size (N-S x E-W): 48.5 km2

Resource to be monitored:

Vegetation structure and production; dynamics of detritus in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; atmosphere-terrestrial-aquatic ecosystem linkages; heterotroph population dynamics; effects of human activities on ecosystems.

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

Eastern deciduous forest. Northern hardwood forests in various developmental stages, spruce-fir forests; streams and lakes.

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

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

Resolution/scale:

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

Existing maps of area (digital?): GIS data

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