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Field Notes

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Vaira: 2013-05-30 09:00:00 (DOY 150)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: No Phenocam images recorded due to bad settings, updated Raspberry Pi, standard fieldwork

Vaira
2013-05-30

I arrived about 9am PDT with Siyan. It was clear, sunny and warm with a light breeze. The grass is golden, the trees deep green and the sky was blue. The ground is very dry but the water hole still has water in it. There doesnt seem to be as much standing litter as last year and there were some bare patches like to cows had grazed or bedded down.

I collected data while Siyan did the other fieldwork except for spectral since I forgot the computer. The Raspberry Pi was running just fine, but the settings in the Phenocam had reverted to previous version when the camera was powered down at night. I installed an updated 8GB SD card in the Pi. The new card has support for telnet, ejecting USB memory properly, and can set its clock from the CR1000 on start up. I also added a USB hub to provide an extra port for the serial connection to the CR1000. I redid the settings in the Phenocam and made sure they survived a power cycle.

The radiation sensors were cleaned.

Another thermocouple on the peltier profile has failed.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2013-05-30TZ_floor27.45
2013-05-30TZ_road36.78
2013-05-30TZ_tower32.7

No TZ Moisture Point data found

No VR Moisture Point data found

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

DateTag#Reading (mm)

No water potential data found

No VR Grass Biomass data found

No VR OakLeaves Biomass data found

No VR PineNeedles Biomass data found

2 photos found

Joe on site
vaira_2013_05_30_083156.jpg ( 2013-05-30 00:04:22 ) Full size: 1296x960
Joe on site

Joe on site
vaira_2013_05_30_090102.jpg ( 2013-05-30 17:01:06 ) Full size: 1296x960
Joe on site

Graphs display:
9 sets found

16 VR_met graphs found

Temperatures

System Power Voltage

Soil Temperatures Set 1

Soil Temperatures Set 2

Soil Temperature Set 3

Soil Temperature at -4cm

Soil Heat Flux

Soil Moisture

Photosynthetic Active Radiation

Short/Long Wave Radiation

LED sensor

Vaira PPT

Peltier SHF Plates

Peltier SHF Temperatures

LED NDVI

NDVI SRS Raw Data

2 VR_flux graphs found

CO2 Density

Sonic Wind

6 VR_soilco2 graphs found

VR West Eosense Profile

VR North Vaisala Profile

Soil CO2 West Temperatures

Soil CO2 North Temperatures

Soil CO2 East Temperatures

VR East Vaisala Profile

No data found for VR_pond.
Can't check TZVR_mixed
No data found for VR_fd.
No data found for VR_processed.
No data found for VR_arable.
No data found for VR_soilvue.

 
 

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