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Engelmann Spruce planting site

imageID: 24624
Description: Engelmann Spruce planting site
Keywords: snow
San Francisco Peaks
meteorological equipment
elevational gradient meteorology study
Organisms: engelmann spruce
Photographer: G.A. Pearson
Original collection id: 43839
Media: black and white print
Collection: Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs
Quality: 3
Location: Coconino National Forest; AZ; USA
Date(yyyy): 1919
Comments: Fort Valley elevational gradient meteorology study; Engelmann spruce planting site in winter, snow 5-6 feet deep. Incidentally, this demonstrates the necessity for placing thermometer shelters high above the ground.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

Olberding, Susan D.; Huebner, Daniel P.; Edminster, Carleton B. 2007. Fort Valley Experimental Forest historical photographs. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2007-0005


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