Niwot Ridge - United States of America

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Site Name
Niwot Ridge
Short name
NWT
Country
United States of America
Web Address
https://nwt.lternet.edu/
Site Manager
Dr. Nancy Emery
Dr. Sarah Elmendorf
Funding Agency
US National Science Foundation (NSF)
Site Description
The Niwot Ridge Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) site was established in 1980 with support from the National Science Foundation. The topography, climate and biota of the research site are representative of alpine ecosystems in the southern Rocky Mountains, including extensive expanses of alpine tundra and subalpine coniferous forests, as well as a cirque glacier (Arikaree Glacier), a variety of glacial landforms, lakes and moraines, cirques, talus slopes, patterned ground, and permafrost. The LTER site includes Niwot Ridge, the southern-adjacent Green Lakes Valley, and the University of Colorado’s Mountain Research Station (MRS). Niwot Ridge is part of the Roosevelt National Forest and has been designated a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Biosphere Reserve and an Experimental Ecology Reserve (USDA Forest Service). The Green Lakes Valley is a part of the City of Boulder Watershed. The MRS is an interdisciplinary facility devoted to the advancement of the study of mountain ecosystems, providing research and educational opportunities for scientists, students, and the general public.
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2023-07-17 17:07:16

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1980
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER✔ (LTER-NAM-US-12)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
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Geographic
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 40.0715 Longitude: -105.653

Size
ca. 4200.00ha
Elevation (average)
3500.00msl
Elevation (min)
3000.00msl
Elevation (max)
3950.00msl
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Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
GEO-BON Biome
Fresh water lakes
Fresh water rivers
Terrestrial
Biome
Alpine
Ecosystem Type
Alpine
Forest
Temperate coniferous forests
Lakes
Fresh Water Lakes
Small lakes
Fresh Water Rivers
Small rivers
Air Temperature: Average Annual
1.50°C
Precipitation Annual
800.00mm
Site Type
Platform
Design of Experimentation
partly experimentation
Scale of Experimentation
beyond catchment scale
Design of Observation
partly observation
Scale of Observation
beyond catchment
Permanent Power Supply
No
Accessible All Year
No
All parts of Site Accessible
No
Permanent Operation
No
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Reprints of articles using the dataset must be provided to the data provider
Data Policy Notes
Data Use Policy
1. Use our data freely. All Niwot LTER data products (except some recent data sets for which metadata but not data are available) are released to the public and may be freely copied, distributed, edited, remixed, and built upon under the condition that you provide acknowledgement as described below.

2. Give proper acknowledgement. Publications, models and data products that make use of these data sets must include proper acknowledgement, including citing data sets in a similar way to citing a journal article. See http://www.datacite.org/whycitedata). The following acknowledgment should accompany any publication or citation of these data: Logistical support and/or data were provided by the NSF supported Niwot Ridge Long-Term Ecological Research project and the University of Colorado Mountain Research Station

3. Let us know how you will use the data. The data set creators and Niwot LTER would appreciate hearing of any plans to use the data set. Consider consultation or collaboration with data set creators.

4. Although efforts have been made to ensure that these data are of the highest quality, the possibility of errors exists. Plase notify the data manager of any errors at lternwt@colorado.edu.
LTER Site Classification
LTSER