Field Notes

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Other sites visited today: Sherman Island | Mayberry | Twitchell Alfalfa | West Pond | East End

Twitchell Rice: 2014-05-21 13:00:00 (DOY 141)
Author: Sara Knox
Others: Joe, Madeleine and Dennis

Summary: Collected Met data, changed 23x program, rice is up about 10 cm, standard fieldwork, built boardwalk.

Twitchell
2014-05-21

I arrived about 13:00 PDT with Dennis, Joe and Madeleine. It was clear, sunny and hot with little to no breeze. The rice continues to grow and is about 10 cm tall. The field is still dry.

Joe built a boardwalk while I checked the tower, downloaded the met data and changed the 23x program to fix the mistake in the precip code (there was an incorrect multiplier in the code for the precip measurement – 0.245 – but this is incorrect since 1 tip = 0.1 mm for the rain gauge at the rice). Dennis cleaned the radiation and flux sensors.

I adjusted the wash settings for the 7700 to be consistent with the other sites.

The wash reservoir was okay.

Dennis and I took spectral measurements while Madeleine did clip plots.

After visiting the rice, we went to check out the pasture near the CIMIS station to scope out a new pasture flux site. Since they'll be flooding the Sherman pasture soon, we want a new pasture site. Dennis thought that about 50 m east of the CIMIS station would be a good location for the flux tower.

Veg Height (cm): Tape measure from ground to top of plant
17, 10, 14, 17, 13, 8, 12, 13, 10, 9, 16, 13, 12, 10, 11, 12, 12, 1, 10, 10, avg = 11.5, stdev = 3.52

3 photos found

view of field site
20140521TW_CIMISStationZoom.jpg ( 2014-05-21 13:36:55 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

view of field site
20140521TW_SaraDennisTheSpot.jpg ( 2014-05-21 13:46:51 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

view of field site
20140521TW_CIMISStation.jpg ( 2014-05-21 13:58:56 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

Graphs display:
6 sets found

12 TW_met graphs found

Soil Heat Flux

Solar Radiation

Air Temperature

Soil Temperature Set 1

Soil Temperature Set 2

Soil Temperature Set 3

Water Temperature

RH and Pressure

Soil Moisture

Rain and Water Level

Disolved Oxygen

LED NDVI Channels

5 TW_flux graphs found

Sonic Anemometer Winds

LI7700 CH4 and RSSI

Twitchell CH4

LI7500 CO2 and H2O

Twitchel Rice Flux Counts

Can't check TWSI_mixed
Can't check SIMBTWEE_met
No data found for TW_cam.
Can't check TATWBABCSB_cam