Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.
PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT
Planetary Data Input from:
Debora Mosher, Frank W. Cox High School
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I. SITE DESCRIPTORS
- Latitude/Longitude of data collection site
:
36.9 degrees latitude
76.0 degrees longitude
- Time zone: Eastern Standard Time
- Biome Description: shoreline
Coastal Plain, very flat, Next to the Largest Estuary the
Chesapeake Bay, Tidewater with Salt Marshes.
II. WEATHER DATA
- TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS
Recording date: 04/09/97
- AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
| 1st reading
time: 13:25 | 2nd reading
| 3rd reading
|
1 CM ABOVE GROUND: |
10 C |
| |
1 METER ABOVE GROUND: |
9 C |
| |
2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: |
7 C | |
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High temperature for the day: 13 degrees celsius
Low temperature for the day:: 7 degrees celsius
- GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 10 degrees celsius
10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 9 degrees celsius
- WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
1 CM Below surface: 11 DEGREES CELSIUS
- WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
- BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
- RELATIVE HUMIDITY
Relative humidity: 44 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
- SOIL
5 percent Clay
40 percent Sand
55 percent Silt
- WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
pH Value: 5
Hardness: 175 grains per gallon
Iron:
Colloidal (bacterial iron): 200 parts per million
Red Water Iron: N/A parts per million
Clear Water Iron: N/A parts per million
- FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
- Three most common trees:
- Three most common plants:
Honeysuckl
Dandylion
Bayberry
- Three most common birds:
Ringbill G
Robin
Mockingbir
- Other common animals:
- ROCK ANALYSIS
Site collection took place in the following areas: