Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER - United States of America

Basic Information
Site Name
Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER
Short name
CAP
Country
United States of America
Web Address
http://caplter.asu.edu/
Site Manager
Mark Watkins
Site Description
Our work focuses on a metropolitan area that includes the nation’s sixth largest city, Phoenix, as well as 22 other municipalities and spans Maricopa County and a small portion of Pinal County, Arizona. We engage biological, physical, engineering, and social scientists in research that provides a foundation for understanding urban socio-ecological systems in an arid, but rapidly growing, metropolitan area.
Last modified
2020-06-29 10:06:07

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1997
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTER✔This site is a verified "ILTER" member.
US LTER✔ (LTER-NAM-US-14)This site is a verified "US LTER" member.
Projects
Teabag
Photos
CAP LTER study area
CAP LTER study area
Geographic
20 km
10 mi
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Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 33.2131 Longitude: -111.573

Size
ca. 640000.00ha
Elevation (average)
575.00msl
Elevation (min)
250.00msl
Elevation (max)
900.00msl
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Site information [.json]

Centroid/representative coordinates [.shp] [.kml]
Bounding Box [.shp] [.kml]
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GEO-BON Biome
Terrestrial
Biome
Desert
Ecosystem Type
Agricultural
Desert
Urban
EUNIS habitat
Constructed, industrial and other artificial habitats (J)
Habitat complexes (X)
Inland surface waters (C)
Inland unvegetated or sparsely vegetated habitats (H)
Regularly or recently cultivated agricultural, horticultural and domestic habitats (I)
Air Temperature: Average Annual
22.60°C
Precipitation Annual
204.00mm
Site Type
Stationary land-based site
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
Equipment
Data infrastructure » Data services » Web Catalog Service (CSW)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Spatial data file (GIS)
Data infrastructure » Data storage » Relational database
Accessible All Year
Yes
All parts of Site Accessible
Yes
Access Type
paved road
Permanent Operation
Yes
General Data Policy
Formal acknowledgement of the dataset providers
Data Policy URL
https://sustainability.asu.edu/caplter/data/managing-your-data/data-use-policie…
LTER Site Classification
Master