NBS Global Change Metadata: Sierra Giant Sequoia Age Structure

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Identification Information

• Data Set Identity: NBS Global Change Sierra Giant Sequoia Age Structure Data
• Identification Code:None
• Data Set Description: Spatial locations and ages (determined by increment cores) of about 650 giant sequoias in four plots (ca. 6 to 19 ha) in three seqoia groves
• Theme
• 1 Theme: Surface Vegetation
• 1 Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Directory Interchange Format Parameter Keywords
• 2 Theme: Plant Demography
• 2 Theme Keyword Thesaurus: NBS Global Change Program Subject Category List
• Data Currentness and Quality Summary:
• Beginning Date of Information Content: 06/01/87
• Ending Date of Information Content: 08/01/91
• Qualitative Thematic Accuracy Assessment: Unknown
• Logical Consistency: Unknown
• Completeness: Unknown
• Qualitative Horizontal Positional Accurracy Assessment:Unknown
• Qualitative Vertical Positional Accuracy Assessment:Unknown
• Cloud Cover: Unknown
• Bounding Coordinates
• West Bounding Coordinate: 119450000
• East Bounding Coordinate: 118450000
• North Bounding Coordinate:36300000
• South Bounding Coordinate:37300000
• (Data Set G Polygon
• Data Set G Polygon Outer G Ring: Unknown
• Data Set G Polygon Exclusion G Ring: Unknown)
• (Geographic Keyword
• Geographic Keyword Name: Sierra Nevada
• Geographic Keyword Type: forest)
• (Native Data Set Environment: dBase) )
• (Use Restrictions:Unknown)
• (Access Restrictions: Unknown)

  Spatial Reference

  Unknown

  Status Information

• Data Set Status: In work
• Release Date:
• Maintenance and Update Frequency:As needed

  Source Information:

  Unknown

  Processing History Information:

  Unknown

  Entity/Attribute Information:

  Unknown

  Distribution Information

• Contact Person Primary
• Contact Organization:National Biological Survey Global Change Research Program
• Contact Person: Nathan Stephenson
• Contact Mail Address: Research Office
• Sequoia National Park
• Three Rivers, CA
• Contact Voice Telephone:(209) 656-3176
• Distribution Liability: Unknown
• Floppy Disk Tape Options
• 1 FD Type: 5.25"
• FD Formatted Capacity:1.2
• FD Recording Format:
• Transfer Instructions:Unknown
• Fees: Unknown
• Turnaround: Unknown

  Metadata Reference Information:

• Metadata Date:03/14/1994
• Metadata Future Review Date:08/31/1994
• (Metadata Contact:
• Contact Organization Primary
• Contact Organization: National Biological Survey
• Contact Person: Linda Pettit-Waldner
• Contact Position: Data Administrator
• Contact Voice Telephone: (703) 358-1710
• Contact Facsimile Telephone: (703) 358-2228
• Contact Electronic Mail Address: Linda_PetitWaldner@nbs.gov
• Contact Instruction: 6:30 am to 3 pm weekdays EST