Method Step

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<methodStep>
   <description>
      <para>This method step describes provenance-based metadata as specified in the LTER EML Best Practices.</para>
      <para>This provenance metadata does not contain entity specific information.</para>
   </description>
   <dataSource>
      <title>Long-term composited Modified Normalized Difference Water Index (MNDWI) for the greater Phoenix, Arizona, USA, metropolitan area and the surrounding Sonoran desert derived from annual and seasonal Landsat imagery, 1998 to present</title>
      <creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Jeffrey</givenName>
            <surName>Haight</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Arizona State University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>jhaight@asu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0002-3773-1566</userId>
      </creator>
      <creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Fábio</givenName>
            <surName>de Albuquerque</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>Arizona State University</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>Fabio.Albuquerque@asu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0001-9981-4757</userId>
      </creator>
      <creator>
         <individualName>
            <givenName>Amy</givenName>
            <surName>Frazier</surName>
         </individualName>
         <organizationName>University of California, Santa Barbara</organizationName>
         <electronicMailAddress>afrazier@ucsb.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <userId directory="https://orcid.org">0000-0003-4552-4935</userId>
      </creator>
      <distribution>
         <online>
            <onlineDescription>This online link references an EML document that describes data used in the creation of this derivative data package.</onlineDescription>
            <url function="information">https://pasta-d.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/knb-lter-cap/717/1</url>
         </online>
      </distribution>
      <contact>
         <organizationName>Central Arizona–Phoenix LTER</organizationName>
         <positionName>Information Manager</positionName>
         <address>
            <deliveryPoint>Arizona State University</deliveryPoint>
            <deliveryPoint>Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation</deliveryPoint>
            <city>Tempe</city>
            <administrativeArea>AZ</administrativeArea>
            <postalCode>85287-5402</postalCode>
            <country>USA</country>
         </address>
         <electronicMailAddress>caplter.data@asu.edu</electronicMailAddress>
         <onlineUrl>https://sustainability-innovation.asu.edu/caplter/</onlineUrl>
         <userId directory="https://ror.org/">020zjmd13</userId>
      </contact>
   </dataSource>
</methodStep>