Live From Mars was active July 1996-December 1997.

PLANET EXPLORER TOOLKIT

Planetary Data Input from:

Robin Woods, The Harley School

I. SITE DESCRIPTORS

  1. Latitude/Longitude of data collection site:
      43 07' North degrees latitude
      77 40' West degrees longitude
  2. Time zone: EST
  3. Biome Description: forest
      deciduous
      The site is very clear, flat land with mostly just clovers and grasses and it slants down a hill(about a 15' drop). Along the South end of the site is a shallow creek that is very long and flows East. The are many trees on the edge of the upstream part of the creek where the ground is relatively flat, but dipped down near the creek. In some places on the edge of the crrek, there is a cliff with a sharp however small drop (1.5 meters).
II. WEATHER DATA

  1. TEMPERATURE in CElSIUS

    Recording date: 4/2 & 3/ 97

  2. AIR TEMPERATURE (CELSIUS)
    1st reading
    time: 12:10     		2nd reading
    11:30     		3rd reading
    1 CM ABOVE GROUND: 117
    1 METER ABOVE GROUND: 520
    2 METERS ABOVE GROUND: 614

    High temperature for the day: 8 degrees celsius
    Low temperature for the day:: -1 degrees celsius

  3. GROUND TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM BELOW SURFACE: -4 degrees celsius
      10 CM BELOW SURFACE: -4 degrees celsius

  4. WATER TEMPERATURE (celsius)
      1 CM Below surface: -3 DEGREES CELSIUS

  5. WIND SPEED and DIRECTION
      Wind speed Beaufort Number: 4
      Wind Speed in (Km/hour): 10-20

      Wind direction:

      This reading was taken at 12:15

  6. BAROMETRIC PRESSURE

      30.39 Inches of Mercury rising

      Altitude: 280 M above sea level

  7. RELATIVE HUMIDITY
      Relative humidity: 37 percent
III. SAMPLE RETURN ANALYSIS
  1. SOIL
    44 percent Clay
    54 percent Sand
    2 percent Silt

  2. WATER ANALYSIS - (50ml sample)
      pH Value: 5.4
      Hardness: 30 grains per gallon
      Iron:
        Colloidal (bacterial iron): parts per million
        Red Water Iron: parts per million
        Clear Water Iron: trace parts per million

  3. FLORA/FAUNA ANALYSIS
    • Three most common trees:
        willow
        locust
        maple
    • Three most common plants:
        grass
        clover
        algae
    • Three most common birds:
        duck
        robin
        blue jay
    • Other common animals:
        crayfish
        squirrels
        turtles

  4. ROCK ANALYSIS
      sandstone
      limestone


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