Notes from the Field

Kochechum River   64°42’31’’M      100° 54’ 14’’ E 10:19 p.m.  Siberia   10:19 a.m. EDT 79°F   High    48°F Low      Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: We have finally just landed on a camping spot, after a long day on the Kochechum. We spent about hours on the river today.   Last night’s camp was about 100 miles upriver – a […]

Embenchime River    65°16’35’’N    101°9’21’’E 11:00 p.m.  Siberia      11:00 a.m. EDT 78° F  High    49°F  Low       Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: We hopped out of our tents early this morning, broke camp, grabbed a quick breakfast and headed into the forest to make our measurements.  We were in the woods by 8:30 this morning, and didn’t return […]

Embenchime River    66.34 N   100.63 E   11:30 p.m. Siberia, 11:30 a.m. EDT 78°F High   52°F Low      Partially cloudy Dr. Ranson reports: I am tired tonight.  Actually, I think everyone is tired, because it was a very long and intense day. The day started early.  Really early.  As in, today’s work started late last night. As […]

Sab Kim Jet Propulsion Laboratory Updates on the vegetation conditions are provided here, monitored by the crop structure team. There were localized thunderstorms on July 15th, which gave 8 mm rainfall according to the local weather data. I happened to be in the field(!) and believe the campaign fields received much more. Some fields outside […]

Embenchime River    66.57 N  99.28 E 79°F High  45°F Low 10:15 p.m. Siberia   10:15 a.m. EDT Dr. Ranson reports: Tonight, I’m calling in from my tent.  I’m not going to bed – I’ve turned it into an office, because it makes it easier to work on the computer and the data terminal if I’m shaded […]

Embenchime River 9:35 p.m. Siberia  9:35 a.m. EST 74°F High  46°F  Low           Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: Today we chugged down the river.  We’re heading towards the junction of the Embenchime and the Kochechum Rivers.  Just before we get there, we have a series of plots we really want to measure. That confluence is still a […]

Embenchime River 9:30 p.m. Siberia,  9:30 a.m. EDT 65°F High   54°F low       Rain Dr.  Ranson reports: We’re at the end of another long journey on the Embenchime.  We’ve covered 38 kilometers in a straight line – with the twists and turns, of the river, multiply that by about 1 ½ – so it’s more like […]

Embenchime River 10:45 p.m. Siberia  10:45 a.m. EDT 71°F High  42°F Low     Steady rain. Dr. Ranson reports Tonight I’m calling from my tent.  I’m in my sleeping bag already too.  I like it here, because it’s dry. Outside, it is raining, and everything is wet. I hear rain dripping on the tent, and all around.  […]

Embenchime River      66° 2 min N  97° 49 min E 11:30 p.m. Siberia    11:30 a.m. EDT 71°F High 44°F low      Sunny Dr. Ranson reports: We fought the river again today, but in the end, we have been successful.  We’re now tucked away in camps – the one we wanted to reach yesterday.   Again, our trip […]