Sample pit data
Date: 8/22/99
Time: 12:15PM
Observer: DMD
Location: Dennis' Office desk
Elevation: 62250'
Air Temperature: 82 F
Aspect: SSW
Slope Angle: 0 degrees
Foot penetration: 1/2" into rug
Wind: 3mph
Sky: desklamp on
Precip. in last 24 hr: .125" rain(spilled my coffee)
Rutschblock=3 no shear layers = clear instability below the piled books above the unsorted handouts
Shovel shear=1 no shear layers= no adhesion between the books and the handouts
Recent avalanche activity= all the handouts climaxed down to the desk top while looking for presentation notes, definite frequent slide path, lots of evidence of past activity on the floor, piles of past debris.
| Height |
Temperature |
Density |
Form |
Size |
Comments |
| 60cm |
75 F |
pen knife |
Formica like |
34" x 48" |
Desktop like |
