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Field Notes

<--2013-05-30 10:00:00 | 2013-06-19 09:30:00-->
Other sites visited today: Vaira | Tonzi

Tonzi: 2013-06-19 09:00:00 (DOY 170)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe, Martin, Taichi

Summary: Standard fieldwork, midday water potential, moved tram.


When: Date: 6/19/2013 , Day: 170 , Watch Time: 9:00 am .
Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch
Who: Siyan, Joe, Martin, Taichi
Weather: clear, sunny
Phenology: dead grasses; oak leaves; no cows

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Summary
  1. Checked and downloaded data from PC at Tower, Floor.
  2. Joe checked and downloaded data at Vaira.
  3. Swapped memory cards of CR1000s at three sites. Everything worked well.
  4. Joe, Martin, and Taichi moved the tram to the new location behind Liukang’s Tree.
  5. Calibrated CO2 profile system.
  6. Measured midday water potential of oak leaves and pine needles.
  7. Read dendrometers
  8. Measured soil moisture
  9. Measure groundwater well:

Date

DOY

Location

Depth without the black thing (feet)

6/19/2013

170

Floor

28.9



Tower

33.2



Roadside

37.3

Vaira_Grass Site
  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Joe checked and downloaded data at Vaira and swapped the memory cards of CR1000.
  3. Check the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
  4. Check levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES!
  5. Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
  6. Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

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Tonzi_Tower Site

  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Panel and Batteries: - v; - amps; - amps.
  3. Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H2O and CO2 should be in the range of 0 – 5 v.)

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  1. downloading data from PC.
  2. Swapped the memory cards of CR1000.

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  1. check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES!
  2. Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
  3. Check calibration cylinders;

CO2 1600 psig; flow 12 psi; 404.02 ppm.
N2 2000 psig; flow 10 psi.
Is the pump running‌ YES!
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Zero
Before After
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Span
After
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  1. close gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site
  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Panel and Batteries: - v; - amps; - amps.
  3. Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H2O and CO2 should be in the range of 0 – 5 v.)

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  1. downloading data from PC. YES!
  2. Swapped the memory cards of CR1000.
  3. Check MD-9 system connections YES!

CR23X3 – floor-Met
CR23X6 – tower-Met
CR10X2 – floor-Met
Soil CO2 profile: CR23X5 – soil CO2 profile
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  1. Close gate and set up fence. YES!


Tonzi





Dendrometer









Date

Day

Tag #

Reading (mm)


6/19/2013

170

1

25




2

18.2




3

21.4




4

4




5

24.5




7

18.2




8

9.1




72

15.5




79

17.4




102

20.1




245

13.9


Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2013-06-19TZ_floor28.9
2013-06-19TZ_road37.3
2013-06-19TZ_tower33.2

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)
2013-06-19125
2013-06-1910220.1
2013-06-19218.2
2013-06-1924513.9
2013-06-19321.4
2013-06-1944
2013-06-19524.5
2013-06-19718.2
2013-06-197215.5
2013-06-197917.4
2013-06-1989.1

Water Potential - mode: raw

Time< h>SpeciesTreereadings (bar)
2013-06-19 12:16:00 OAK 102 -40 -15 -35 -27
2013-06-19 12:16:00 OAK 35 -35 -39 -36 -20
2013-06-19 12:16:00 OAK 92 -15 -28 -32
2013-06-19 12:16:00 PINE OLD -15 -20 -17
2013-06-19 12:16:00 PINE YNG -22 -12 -3.5 -9.5

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

4 photos found

view of field site
20130619TZ_NewTramLocation2.jpg ( 2013-06-19 12:01:10 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

view of field site
20130619TZ_NewTramLocation1.jpg ( 2013-06-19 11:59:16 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

view of field site
20130619TZ_NewTramLocation3.jpg ( 2013-06-19 13:11:53 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

Just cause
tonzi_2013_06_19_080110.jpg ( 2013-06-19 08:00:52 ) Full size: 1296x960
Just cause

Graphs display: 16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

Tonzi Tower Met: Temperature and Power

Tonzi Tower Met: Solar Radiation

Tonzi Tower Met: IRT Sensors

LED Sensor Incoming

LED Sensor Outgoing

4-Band Solar Radiation

Air Temperature Profile

Relativity Humidity Profile

Tonzi Tower PRI

SRS PRI/NDVI

SRS NDVI

11 TZ_soilco2 graphs found

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Open (East) CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Open (East) Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Upper CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Lower CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Upper Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Lower Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Power and Temperature

Tree 2 Soil CO2

Tree 2 Soil Temperature

Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

Tonzi PPT

Tonzi CO2 and H2O Densities

Air Pressure

1 TZ_fflux graphs found

Tonzi Wind Speed

8 TZ_fmet graphs found

Soil Heat Flux

Tonzi Soil Temperature Set A

Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set B

Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set C

Tonzi Soil Temperature Set D

Well Level

Well Water Temperature

Soil Water Potential

1 TZ_tram graphs found

Tonzi Tram Incoming PAR

3 TZ_co2prof graphs found

Tower CO2 Profile Concentrations

Tower CO2 Profile Cell Pressure

CO2 Profile Sensor Temperature

No data found for TZ_irt.
No data found for TZ_windprof.
1 TZ_tflux graphs found

Tower CO2 and H2O

2 TZ_sm graphs found

Floor Solar Radiations

TZ Soil Moisture

Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

Floor and Tower RH

Can't check TZVR_mixed
8 TZ_osu graphs found

Soil Moisture And Rain

SP1 Solar Radiation

SP1 Soil Temperature Profile

SP1 Soil Heat Flux

SP2 Soil Moisture

SP2 Soil Temperature

SP3 Soil Moisture

SP3 Soil Temperature

No data found for TZ_fd.
Tonzi Z-cam data

plot of Tonzi z-cam LAI

plot of Tonzi z-cam gap fration

 
 

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