Since the 2008-2009 Antarctic field season is underway I have reposted the info and image from last winter's 3d quadrat in Antarctica.


December 26, 2007
WAIS Divide camp Antarctica

Time: 6 am
Latitude: 79° 28.10’ S
Longitude: 112° 3.56’ W
Elevation: 1820 m (5919’)
Temperature: -14 °C (7 °F)
Wind speed: calm
Wind Chill: °C
Visibility: cloudy, 2 miles
Clouds: thick stratus to the ground
Wind direction: N
Relative Humidity: 86%
Barometric Pressure: falling
Precipitation: 0, snowing lightly
Breakfast: eggs, sausage-bacon, toast, hot/cold cereal, lots of leftovers
Lunch:
Supper:


The glue on my 3-d quadrat seems to have hardened properly so I installed it outside the communications building as close as possible to the meteorology
(weather) station. Since there is already a professional grade weather
station here, I have decided to use it for most of the weather data. All of the data should come from inside the 3d quadrat but you use what you can - and the meteorology station is right next to the 3d quadrat - and I did add my 2
data loggers to my 3-dquadrat, one on the snow level and one at the
top, one meter up, a wind indicator (flag) on the upright bamboo poles that support the 3d quadrat, and a snow depth indicator. The data loggers I am using automatically record temperature and light intensity every hour, 24 hrs a day, for about 3 months. The relative humidity, additional temperature, and barometric pressure will come from the WAIS meteorology station.
http://waisdivideoutreach.blogspot.com/2007/12/december-26-2007-wais-divide-camp.html

As of April 2008 we have a student in the Bahamas that is using a 3d quadrat to study the biodiversity of fish in a coral community near his home.

Hi Zach,
Hope this finds you in good health and spirits! We have assembled a cubed meter and it is big! Good thing we did not glue it because it won't fit out the door!!!!
We are struggling in how this is going to work. We were kicking over the idea of bringing the cube one afternoon to several different sites and keep an ecoological record of various urban settings. Not clear on the way the added dimensions are to be utilized though, I can see the different levels of temperature readings, and we have a small weather kit that reads temperature and is a simple rain gage as well. But we are struggling in trying to find other applications. If we put it in the pond in Franklin park, that is one possibility, but it is the biotic component of measuring that makes the cube challenging. If you have any suggestions or other insights, that will be greatly appreciated. I am thinking of trying to incoprorate pH measurements but it is in the works.
Give a heads up to others that plumbing supplies mean something different by a one inch diameter than a simple ruler measurement of the pipe diameter! I thought you mentioned someone creating a smaller cube, not sure if that is the way to go, but I am open to ideas. We haven't attached the weather gages yet, I picked up two as a start. Hope to build another cube this coming Thursday. It might be fun to drive around in a van and take the cube out at four different locations around the city. Could be repeated in the Winter, Spring, and maybe the Summer. Thanks!
Jeff- Boston Public Schools

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Brandon Gillette and his class from Kansas have gotten their 3D quadrat program
Up and running! We're collecting temperature data from surfaces of various colors to attempt to observe effects of the urban head island. We're using your system and Hobo data loggers.