TD023

Attributes in entity 6: Site Descriptions, Elevations, Climate, and Vegetation		Details
1. STCODE Definition: Database code Domain: enum
2. FORMAT Definition: Entity number Units: number Domain: range (minimum = 6.  maximum = 6.)
3. SITE Definition: Site code Domain: place
4. SITENAME Definition: Full description name of site Domain: freetext
5. LOCATION Definition: Site location description Domain: place
6. LATDEG Definition: The site latitude in degrees. All are north latitudes Units: degrees latitude or longitude Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 68.)
7. LATMIN Definition: The site latitude in minutes Units: minutes of a degree Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 57.)
8. LONGDEG Definition: The site longitude in degrees, all are west longitude. Units: degrees latitude or longitude Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 149.)
9. LONGMIN Definition: The site longitude in minutes Units: minutes of a degree Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 53.)
10. ELEV Definition: The site elevation Units: meters Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 3650.)
11. TEMP Definition: The site mean annual temperature, this is for general area not specific location of the litter bags. Units: degrees Celsius Domain: range (minimum = -7.0  maximum = 26.3)
12. PRECIP Definition: The site mean annual precipitation, this is for general area not specific location of the litter bags. Units: millimeters Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 4100.)
13. AET Definition: The site mean actual evapotranspiration, this is for the general area and not the specific location of the litter bags. Units: millimeters Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 1699.)
14. PET Definition: The site potential evapotranspiration Units: millimeters Domain: range (minimum = 0.  maximum = 1860.)
15. BIOME Definition: The biome represented by the site, based on Whittaker, 1975 Domain: enum
16. HLZ Definition: The Holdridge life zone represented by the site. Domain: enum
17. VEG Definition: The dominant species- veg. type where the litterbags were placed . Domain: freetext