Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.


PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Ruth Wahl, Allegany-Limestone

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I. SITE DESCRIPTORS

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      42 degrees/6 mins degrees latitude
      78 degrees/29 mins degrees longitude
  2. Time zone: Eastern Daylight Savings Time
  3. Biome Description: forest
      deciduous
      The football field is flat and is surrounded by decidious forest. The area around the field consists of rolling hills of roughly equivalent height.
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 4/7/97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 11:15
    2nd reading
    3rd reading
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: 12
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: 11
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: 9

    High temperature for the day: 5 degrees celsius
    Low temperature for the day:: -7 degrees celsius

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: 2 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: 5 degrees celsius

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

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 4
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 27

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 11:10

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      29.88 Inches of Mercury steady

      Altitude: 436 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 67 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    65 percent Clay
    15 percent Sand
    20 percent Silt

  2. 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

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        Sugar pine
        Spruce
        Oak
    • Three most common plants:
        grass
        clover
        lilac
    • Three most common birds:
        crows
        robins
        bluejays
    • Other common animals:
        spider
        squirrels
        rabbits

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      shale
      limestone


    Site collection took place in the following areas: