Site Number/Name: LTER North Temperate Lakes, Trout Lake Region

GFL No.:

Name: NTL Long Term Ecological Research Site

State, Country: Wisconsin, USA

Priority: 1

Site designation(s): LTER WEBB

Other sponsoring/interested agencies, if any:

USGS

Location and size:

(1) Core Lakes:

USGS Quad: Boulder Junction, White Sand Lake, Woodruff, Sayner

Center: 89 39 21 W 46 01 58 N

NE corner: 89 35 10 W 46 05 34 N

SE corner: 89 35 10 W 45 58 21 N

SW corner: 89 43 34 W 45 58 21 N

NW corner: 89 43 34 W 46 05 34 N

Center elevation: 1610 ft (491 m)

Size (N-S x E-W): 13.39 x 10.85 km (7.23 x 5.86 Nmi)

(2) Trout Lake Region

USGS Quad: Mercer, Winchester, Papoose Lake, Presque Isle, Tenderfoot Lake, Thousand Island Lake, Wilson Lake, Powell, Manitowish Lake, Boulder Junction, White Sand Lake, Star Lake, Pike Lakem Lac Du Flambeau, Fence Lake, Woodruff, Sayner, St. Germain, Pike Lake SE, Lac Du Flambeau SW, Mercer Lake, Hazelhurst, Lake Tomahawk, Dam Lake

Center: 89 44 05 W 45 58 49 N

NE corner: 89 22 31 W 46 12 41 N

SE corner: 89 22 31 W 45 44 57 N

SW corner: 90 05 40 W 45 44 57 N

NW corner: 90 05 40 W 46 12 41 N

Center elevation: 1640 ft (500 m)

Size (N-S x E-W): 51.41 x 55.65 km (27.76 x 30.05 Nmi)

Resource to be monitored:

Lakes, submerged and emergent macrophytes, bogs, wetlands, forest

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

In-lake properties (water color, chlorophyll concentration, submerged macrophytes), wetland types (bog, mire, shrub wetland, forested wetland), forest classification (coniferous, deciduous, mixed, etc.) and characterization (canopy density, aboveground biomass, leaf area index, etc.)

Frequency and time(s) of collection:

June1 - September 30

Resolution/scale:

Minimum: ETM+ 15m panchromatic and 30m XS

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

In-lake properties

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 Level: Secret]