Mayhew 1959 Journal 2. Jan.24 Colorado Desert, Riverside & Imperial Cos., Calif. Both stations are about 300-400 yards Due south of the campsite. The stake for station I can be seen from the campsite. The data from each station are as follows: Station I (Temp. C.) (water content % by wt.) sample 1 - surface 27.9 " 2-3" deep 16.5 " 3-6" " 14.0 " 4-9" " 15.8 " 5-12" " 16.8 " 6-18" " 17.4 Time collected - 1000 Station II water content Depth Temp.(C.) (% by wt.) Sample 1- surface 30.4 " 2-3" 13.5 " 3-6" 12.2 " 4-9" 12.5 " 5-12" 13.8 " 6-18" 16.0 Time collected - 1030 While walking through the dunes at 1300 Dee took a soil surface temp. on the south-facing slope of a dune while I took a comparable temp. on a north-facing slope of a dune just across a narrow depression from Dee (about 50 feet away). My temp. was 27.4 C. whereas his reading was 50.0 C., a