Field Notes

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Vaira: 2014-05-22 08:15:00 (DOY 142)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
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Summary: Standard field work. Soil co2 sensors need reinstall. Grass is tall.

Vaira
2014-05-22

I arrived about 8:15am. It was clear, sunny and warm with a very light breeze from the east shifting around to the north. The grass is really tall between waist and shoulder high (100 to 140cm) and thick. The water hole is till full of water.

I did the moisture point readings.

I did the spectral measurements with the tripod at max height to get above the grass. I saved a global dark file, but only the sample spectra where saved in incoming and reflected pairs. At the end I fussed with the settings so that the dark and scope files were saved as well.

I downloaded the Phenocam photos from the computer. I forgot to reinstall the serial port drivers on the white netbook, but I was able to use the other netbook to collect data from the data loggers.

I cleaned bird droppings out of the tipping bucket. There was a bit of water in the tipper.

The soil CO2 probes in the west and north sets are very loose in the ground. We should try to reset these this summer.

Field Data

No tank data

No VR Well data found

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower [1] => Floor_South [2] => Floor_East [3] => Floor_West [4] => SoilCO2 [5] => Soil_Transect_3 [6] => Soil_Transect_2 [7] => Soil_Transect_1 [8] => SoilCO2_West_A [9] => SoilCO2_West_B [10] => SoilCO2_West_C [11] => Soil_Transect_4 )

Date DOY Rep Depth
Tower
Floor_South
Floor_East
Floor_West
SoilCO2
Soil_Transect_3
Soil_Transect_2
Soil_Transect_1
SoilCO2_West_A
SoilCO2_West_B
SoilCO2_West_C
Soil_Transect_4
Avg
Spacial Count
Measurement Count
2014-05-22 142 0 0-15cm 13 6.2 39.9 11.1 8 3.9 2.1 5.6 10.1 6.8 25.6
2014-05-22 142 0 15-30cm 10.9 16.4 22.5 13.3 9 13.9 15.2 6.9 9.7 0.3 18.2 10.9
2014-05-22 142 0 30-45cm 21.5 15.1 24.3 19 9 39.6 20.4 17.6 17.6 18.4 12.3
2014-05-22 142 0 45-60cm 41.4 13.6 19.9 11.1 11.1 41.1 35.4 14.2 31.4 25.4 15.9 13.9
2014-05-22 142 1 0-15cm 13 7.4 39.9 11.1 7.1 6.5 1.2 6.2 10.9 5.3
2014-05-22 142 1 15-30cm 11.5 16.4 33.8 13 10 16.1 15.5 6.3 7.8 6.6 16.7 11.2
2014-05-22 142 1 30-45cm 20.9 15.6 17 20.1 8.7 11.2 20.9 17.3 18.7 21.8 17.6 11.7
2014-05-22 142 1 45-60cm 41.4 12.2 24.2 11.1 11.1 31.7 45.1 14.2 31.1 27.1 13.9
2014-05-22 142 2 0-15cm 5.3 3.9
2014-05-22 142 2 15-30cm 15.8 11.8
2014-05-22 142 2 30-45cm 18.2 11.7
2014-05-22 142 2 45-60cm 25.9 13.9
2014-05-22 142 Avg 0-15cm 13 6.8 39.9 11.1 7.55 5.2 1.65 5.9 10.5 6.05 15.45 3.9 10.58 12 23
2014-05-22 142 Avg 15-30cm 11.2 16.4 28.15 13.15 9.5 15 15.35 6.6 8.75 3.45 16.9 11.3 12.98 12 26
2014-05-22 142 Avg 30-45cm 21.2 15.35 20.65 19.55 8.85 25.4 20.65 17.45 18.15 20.1 17.9 11.9 18.1 12 25
2014-05-22 142 Avg 45-60cm 41.4 12.9 22.05 11.1 11.1 36.4 40.25 14.2 31.25 26.25 20.9 13.9 23.48 12 25

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Solar_Panels [1] => Flux_Tower [2] => Gate [3] => Biomass_Cage )

Date DOY Rep Depth
Solar_Panels
Flux_Tower
Gate
Biomass_Cage
Avg
Spacial Count
Measurement Count
2014-05-22 142 0 0-15cm 3.6 5.6 10.3 0.3
2014-05-22 142 0 15-30cm 7.8 10.3 12.7 4.5
2014-05-22 142 0 30-45cm 2.3 14.3 15.9 11.7
2014-05-22 142 0 45-60cm 13.9 26.8 11.6 14.2
2014-05-22 142 1 0-15cm 4.7 5.3 8.3 0.1
2014-05-22 142 1 15-30cm 7.8 10.3 8.7 4.8
2014-05-22 142 1 30-45cm 2 13.7 12 11.2
2014-05-22 142 1 45-60cm 13 26.2 11.3 13.9
2014-05-22 142 Avg 0-15cm 4.15 5.45 9.3 0.2 4.78 4 8
2014-05-22 142 Avg 15-30cm 7.8 10.3 10.7 4.65 8.36 4 8
2014-05-22 142 Avg 30-45cm 2.15 14 13.95 11.45 10.39 4 8
2014-05-22 142 Avg 45-60cm 13.45 26.5 11.45 14.05 16.36 4 8

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

view of field site
20140522VR_SonicHeading.jpg ( 2014-05-22 08:57:23 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

Joe on site
vaira_2014_05_22_083102.jpg ( 2014-05-22 16:32:36 ) 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.