Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT
Planetary Data Input from:
Elaine McCreight, Encinal School
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I. SITE DESCRIPTORS
- Latitude/Longitude of data collection site
:
37.5 N degrees latitude
122.2 W degrees longitude
- Time zone: Pacific Standard Time
- Biome Description: grassland
The land is very flat. There is lots of flat, dry dirt,
except for where there are trees and plants.
II. WEATHER DATA
- TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS
Recording date: 04/04/97
- AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
| 1st reading
time: 1308 | 2nd reading
| 3rd reading
|
1 CM ABOVE GROUND: |
26 |
| |
1 METER ABOVE GROUND: |
25 |
| |
2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: |
24 | |
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High temperature for the day: 25 degrees celsius
Low temperature for the day:: 7 degrees celsius
- GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 22 degrees celsius
10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 21 degrees celsius
- WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM Below surface: DEGREES CELSIUS
- WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
- BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
- RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Relative humidity: 22 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
- SOIL
40 percent Clay
40 percent Sand
20 percent Silt
- WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
pH Value:
Hardness: grains per gallon
Iron:
Colloidal (bacterial iron): parts per million
Red Water Iron: parts per million
Clear Water Iron: parts per million
- FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
- Three most common trees:
sugar pine
eucalyptus
live oak
- Three most common plants:
dandelion
Eng ivy
Eng daisy
- Three most common birds:
seagull
marsh hawk
com. raven
- Other common animals:
black ant
potato bug
blk sqrrl
- ROCK ANALYSIS
Site collection took place in the following areas: