Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.

PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Mrs. Marske, Sioux Center Middle School

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I. SITE DESCRIPTORS

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      43 N degrees latitude
      96 W degrees longitude
  2. Time zone: Central daylight savings time
  3. Biome Description: grassland

      The land is flat and we have fertile soil. We have deciduous trees and coniferous trees. We do not have many hills and the grass is green in places and brown in others. Our images are from the day after our PDI collection date and it snowed overnight.
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CELSIUS

    Recording date: 04/09/97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 9:15     		2nd reading
    10:40     		3rd reading
    13:02
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: -4-2 2
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: -4-1 0
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: -6-1.5 -2

    High temperature for the day: 0 degrees Celsius
    Low temperature for the day: -8 degrees Celsius

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (Celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 2 degrees Celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 3 degrees Celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (Celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: 0 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 2
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 6-11

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 13:02

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      30.50 inches of Mercury falling

      Altitude: 470 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 82 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    0 percent Clay
    27 percent Sand
    73 percent Silt

  2. WATER ANALYSIS - (50 ml sample)
      pH Value: 7.5
      Hardness: 10 grains per gallon
      Iron:
        Colloidal (bacterial iron): low parts per million
        Red Water Iron: 2.6 parts per million
        Clear Water Iron: .003 parts per million

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        beech
        oak
        evergreen
    • Three most common plants:
        grass
        lichens
        weeds
    • Three most common birds:
        robin
        sparrow
        crow
    • Other common animals:
        ground squirrel


  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      quartz
      pink granite
      dolomite

    Site collection took place in the following areas: glacially transported