Twice a year repeat photographs are taken at each of the seven CLIM-MET sites, once in the spring and once in the fall. Starting from a predetermined point, photos are taken in a 360-degree panorama, showing the site, vegetation and surrounding landscape for that season. In addition to the panoramic site photos, photos are taken of the Sensit instrument, BSNE sediment sampler, and a brick, which is used to characterize surface changes. Occasionally, general independent site photos are taken.
The photos are arranged in tables based on location, site and season. Mojave Desert sites (North Soda Lake, Balch and Crucero) are located in the Mojave table. Canyonlands area sites (Virginia Park, Needles Residence, Dugout Ranch, and Corral Pocket) are located in the Canyonlands table. In order to view the seasonal photos for a selected site at a given year, first determine the site's location, choose which season you wish to view, and click on that year in the column for that site.
Photos are labeled with the site number first, where 02 = Virginia Park, 03 = Needles Residence, 04 = Dugout Ranch, 05 = North Soda Lake, 06 = Balch, 07 = Crucero, and 08 = Corral Pocket. After the site number, the date is displayed in the mm-dd-yy format. Finally, a number or set of letters follows the site number and date. In the case of the numerals they indicate the number of the photo as it was taken in the panoramic sequence. The letter codes indicate the various instruments at the site, with BS = BSNE, BR = Brick, SN = Sensit, and GEN = General site photos. For example 03_09-10-04_SN is the Sensit photo for the Needles site taken on September 10, 2004.
U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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