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| Activity Recorded by Data Logger - by Ralph Taylor |
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| Introduction |
Boardwalk Geyser has been monitored electronically since 2000, and for a few months in 1998. Data from 1998, 2000, and 2001 covers only the summer months, generally from late June to early October. Since July of 2003 the temperature record is nearly complete. The analysis shown here, however, has a gap from about September 2004 to June 2005 when the activity recorded was difficult to characterize. The sensor for Boardwalk Geyser is located about midway between Boardwalk's vent and the vent of "Park Place" geyser, and eruptions of both features register on the temperature trace.
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| Activity in 2009 |
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Boardwalk is currently dormant. The last known activity occurred on 12 June 2006. The logger was removed on 10 June 2007, so no further information will be available unless activity resumes and a logger is available.
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| Activity since 1998 |
Boardwalk has been active each year that I have had a logger in the area, but the activity tended to be sporadic. During some seasons eruptions occurred with regularity, but there are long periods with no activity at all. The first graph is a plot of interval against time. As the intervals range from a few hours to nearly 20 days, the patterns are hard to discern. The activity recorded in the summer months of 1998 and 2000 had no intervals of even two days, but by 2001 long intervals were occurring. Because of the irregularity of the activity, I have not included any other analysis of the full record.
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Activity in 2008
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Activity in 2007
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Activity in 2006
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Activity in 2005
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