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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.

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

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