Site Number/Name: LTER North Temperate Lakes, Madison Lakes Region

GFL No.:

Name: NTL Long Term Ecological Research Site

State, Country: Wisconsin, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

N/A

Location and size:

USGS Quad: Sauk City, Lodi, Arlington, Morrisonville, North Bristol,

Black Earth, Springfield Corners, Waunakee, De Forest,

Sun Prairie, Cross Plains, Middleton, Madison West,

Madison East, Cottage Grove, Mt Vernon, Verona, Oregon,

Rutland, Stoughton

Center: 89 28 33 W 43 09 32 N

NE corner: 89 12 01 W 43 22 34 N

SE corner: 89 12 01 W 42 56 30 N

SW corner: 89 45 04 W 42 56 30 N

NW corner: 89 45 04 W 43 22 34 N

Center elevation: 900 ft (274 m)

Size (N-S x E-W): 48.5 x 44.7 k (26.2 x 24.2 Nmi)

Resource to be monitored:

Lakes, agriculture, suburban sprawl, forest, riparian vegetation

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

Lake ecosystems (water clarity, macrophytes), wetlands and riparian forests as filter between terrestrial (agricultural) and aquatic ecosystems, changes in land cover within the study lakes' watersheds

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

May 1 - September 30

Resolution/scale:

Minimum: ETM+ 15m panchromatic and 30m XS

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

Water clarity, chlorophyll, littoral macrophyte communities

Existing maps of area (digital?):

http://www.limnology.wisc.edu

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