Field Notes

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Vaira: 2014-09-11 09:15:00 (DOY 254)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: Rewired met power to main solar, new fence charger, swapped 7500, solar panels dirty, soil co2 need reset.

Vaira
2014-09-11

I arrived about 9:15 with Siyan. It was clear sunny and warm with a little breeze from the southwest. The trees are starting to turn color.

Looks like there have been some cows knocking down the dead grasses. Also it looked like cows might have entered the fence, but I found no breaks in the fence. The fence charger was dead. I stole the battery from the met system and installed a brand new fence charger. It was working when we left.

I rewired the met system into the main solar system removing a splice from the power line in the process. The 23x has been losing data at night for a while now. Siyan replaced the battery two visits ago, and I found the solar panel all turned away from the sun last time. But the 23x has still been losing data at night and reset its clock by 4 hours. Hopefully using the main solar system will fix the power problem. At 9:09 the 23x read 5:04 and was reset. Looking at the data, the clock jumped starting September 3rd (246) at 17:30.

I down loaded data and swapped the 7500 - sn 0073 came off and sn 0035 went on.

Siyan did the standard fieldwork.

All the solar panels are dusty and need to be washed.

The west and north soil CO2 sets have been knocked out of the ground and need to be reset.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2014-09-11TZ_floor32.3
2014-09-11TZ_road39.3
2014-09-11TZ_tower36.3

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower [1] => Floor_South [2] => Floor_West [3] => SoilCO2 [4] => Soil_Transect_4 [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] => Floor_East )

Date DOY Rep Depth
Tower
Floor_South
Floor_West
SoilCO2
Soil_Transect_4
Soil_Transect_3
Soil_Transect_2
Soil_Transect_1
SoilCO2_West_A
SoilCO2_West_B
SoilCO2_West_C
Floor_East
Avg
Spacial Count
Measurement Count
2014-09-11 254 0 0-15cm 7.7 7.8 11.1 1.1 1.3 6.2 1.8 0.9 5 4.7 0.1
2014-09-11 254 0 15-30cm 10.3 11.5 8.7 5.4 8.1 13.3 11.2 2.6 6 0.3 8.2 8.1
2014-09-11 254 0 30-45cm 17.3 10.6 12.3 3.4 9.8 14.5 15.9 12.6 14.6 14.8 20.6 11.1
2014-09-11 254 0 45-60cm 4.7 11.3 10.5 14.5 18.3 10.7 15.9 10.7 11 18.5
2014-09-11 254 1 0-15cm 6.5 1 11.1 1.3 7.1 5.3
2014-09-11 254 1 15-30cm 10.3 11.5 7.8 8.7 12.7 6.9 7.5
2014-09-11 254 1 30-45cm 17.9 11.2 12.6 8.4 14.5 14 11.1
2014-09-11 254 1 45-60cm 5.6 11.1 10.5 14.5 16.5
2014-09-11 254 2 0-15cm 8.3
2014-09-11 254 2 15-30cm 9.7
2014-09-11 254 2 30-45cm 17
2014-09-11 254 Avg 0-15cm 7.5 4.4 11.1 1.1 1.3 6.65 1.8 0.9 5.15 4.7 0.1 4.06 11 18
2014-09-11 254 Avg 15-30cm 10.1 11.5 8.25 5.4 8.4 13 11.2 2.6 6.45 0.3 8.2 7.8 7.77 12 20
2014-09-11 254 Avg 30-45cm 17.4 10.9 12.45 3.4 9.1 14.5 15.9 12.6 14.3 14.8 20.6 11.1 13.09 12 20
2014-09-11 254 Avg 45-60cm 5.15 11.2 10.5 14.5 18.3 10.7 16.2 10.7 11 18.5 12.68 10 15

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
2014-09-11 254 0 0-15cm 2.5 1.5 2.1 0.1
2014-09-11 254 0 15-30cm 7.5 3.9 3.2 2
2014-09-11 254 0 30-45cm 13.4 3.4 8.1 18.7
2014-09-11 254 0 45-60cm 27.9 11.3 8.7 13.9
2014-09-11 254 1 0-15cm 1.6 1.8 1.2 0.7
2014-09-11 254 1 15-30cm 7.5 4.2 3.9 2.6
2014-09-11 254 1 30-45cm 13.4 2.8 9 11.5
2014-09-11 254 1 45-60cm 27.4 11.9 7.9 15.3
2014-09-11 254 Avg 0-15cm 2.05 1.65 1.65 0.4 1.44 4 8
2014-09-11 254 Avg 15-30cm 7.5 4.05 3.55 2.3 4.35 4 8
2014-09-11 254 Avg 30-45cm 13.4 3.1 8.55 15.1 10.04 4 8
2014-09-11 254 Avg 45-60cm 27.65 11.6 8.3 14.6 15.54 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

0 photos found

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.