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MATERIALS AND METHODS<br />

Field Me<strong>as</strong>urements<br />

In July 2004, we installed <strong>an</strong> automatic wea<strong>the</strong>r station (Onset HOBO®) in <strong>the</strong> Ll<strong>an</strong>g<strong>an</strong>uco<br />

tributary valley (3850 m.a.s.l.). Instrumentation specifications are available:<br />

http://www.onsetcomp.com/Products/Product_Pages/wea<strong>the</strong>rstation/wea<strong>the</strong>r_station_logger.html.<br />

Hourly data are being collected in collaboration with <strong>the</strong> University of Innsbruck including soil<br />

moisture, soil temperature, air temperature, wind speed <strong>an</strong>d direction, relative humidity, solar<br />

radiation, <strong>an</strong>d precipitation.<br />

In June 2005, we installed a set of 9 temperature loggers (iButton Thermochron®) at different<br />

elevations r<strong>an</strong>ging from 3469 to 4742 m above me<strong>an</strong> sea-level (Fig. 2). Each logger is powered by<br />

<strong>an</strong> internal battery (1 year lifetime) <strong>an</strong>d w<strong>as</strong> programmed to record hourly intervals of air<br />

temperature. The reported iButton resolution is 0.5°C, accuracy is ±1°C with a r<strong>an</strong>ge of -40°C to<br />

+85°C (http://www.maxim-ic.com). Each iButton logger w<strong>as</strong> placed inside a specially designed<br />

¾” PVC shields that allowed us to embed <strong>the</strong> sensors in small trees <strong>an</strong>d o<strong>the</strong>r inconspicuous<br />

locations (Figs. 4 <strong>an</strong>d 5).<br />

Figure 4. HOBO wea<strong>the</strong>r station at b<strong>as</strong>e of lower lake, looking SW. Note <strong>the</strong> Polylipus (Queñual) trees <strong>an</strong>d<br />

gr<strong>as</strong>s vegetation cover. The precipitation logger to <strong>the</strong> right w<strong>as</strong> set up by K<strong>as</strong>er, U. Innsbruck.<br />

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