So in the past two weeks we have had a few milestones on the hydro project. Well they might not be mile stones, but at least some accomplishments.
Our pseudo spring has brought little precip and warmer temps to the area. Great for being in town and hanging out, but up in the mountains little snow is falling. What is up there partially freezes and makes it difficult to get around. So we have been hiking more and added XC skis to the repertoire. I have never skied before, but the bruises are going away.
This week we launched 6 weather stations. They are tripods with a metal mast, attached to the mast is a temp/RH sensor, a precipitation gauge (tipping bucket) and a HOBO data logger. The sensors are read and stored every 5 minutes. We will be retrieving the data every time we visit the snow course. Also this week, we visited every one of our sample sites, including the deer ridge transect. Yes, we hauled the 60+ lbs of weather station to the top, but we were greeted with an awesome view.
Up there, Dwight wanted to do a little experiment and see how much snow was on the northern aspect of the ridge, about 20 meters away from one of our other snow courses. A tip for everyone out there, take your snow cores uphill from you…I tried to do one downhill, with a 55 inch or so snow core, I pushed it into the ground and buried my knuckles into the snow and my body kept on going and had a little endo action…with a nice recovery while on snow shoes.
I have been spending some time reflecting on our work also. This week I made a draft of my podcast, which I need to figure out how to link up to the blog. Also, Shea and I made a vidcast of our work. We will be showing these in class this week.
An unscheduled treat came along as well. Andy Bach and the geography crew came over from WWU for a water resources trip. I met up with them at the Lyre River Campground for a few beers and a bonfire. We discussed the highlights of
Two more weeks left in the quarter. I want out.
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