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LTER specific information
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List of required fields for any LTER site
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(ILTER or any regional group)

**Name and Description**

- Site Name
- General Site Description

**Contact Details**

- Site Manager
- Metadata provider

**Geographic characteristics**

- Centroid Coordinates
- Country
- Elevation (From)
- Elevation (To)
- Size (in hectares)

**Observed properties**

- Observed properties

**Ecosystem and Environmental Characteristics**

- Air Temperature: Average Annual
- Biome
- Ecosystem and Land Use
- Precipitation Annual

**Network Affiliation**

- Affiliation
- LTER Site Code
- LTER Member Network

**Status and History**

- Site Status
- Year Established

**Type, Design and Scale**

- Site Type (Spatial Design)
- Scale of Observation
- Design of Observation
- Scale of Experiments
- Design of Experiments

**Operation**

- Accessible All Year
- Permanent Operation

**Equipment**

- Permanent Power Supply

**Data Sharing Policy**

- General Data Policy

**Project related fields**

- LTER Site Classification/Category

**Highly recommended, but not mandatory**

- Short name
- Site Boundaries
- GEO-BON Biome