Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2014-12-09 09:00:00 (DOY 343)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe

Summary: Standard field work, clip plots, grass height, power outages do to low sunlight at Tonzi, CO2 profile not working

When: Date: 12/09/2014 , Day: 340 , Watch Time: 9:00 am . Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch Who: Siyan, Joe Weather: cloudy Phenology: grass grew well; oak tree leaves turned into brown at Vaira. Summary Swapped memory cards of CR1000s at three sites. Due to consecutive raining or lower light days, Tonzi Tower flux system was down around 12/4/2014; Floor site might not work properly. Joe tried finding back data from reading the binary files. Checked and downloaded met data from PC at Tower, Floor. and Vaira. The CO2 profile system wasn’t calibrated on site due to some problems of the analyzer. Joe changed the filters and cleaned up the cells, but the system didn’t work properly. Checked SN# of the soil CO2 probes at Tonzi and Vaira; Joe put parts to hold the probes more stably. Read dendrometers Measured soil moisture Measured grass height Measured groundwater well Collected grass samples for LAI, biomass, and aboveground litter mass. The area around the fence that Joe cleaned in the summer turned out to be a good experiment for detecting the effects of litters on grass germination. For this reason, grass samples were taken within and out of the “green strip” at Vaira. Vaira_Grass Site Nice Fence. Downloaded Phenocam images. Swapped the memory cards of CR1000. Checked the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES! Downloaded met data: Joe downloaded soil CO2 profile data. Checked levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES! Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES! Closed gate and set up fence. YES! Tonzi_Tower Site Fence and gate power: 12 v. downloaded Winflux data from PC. Due to consecutive raining or lower light days, Tonzi Tower flux system was down around 12/4/2014. swapped the memory cards of CR1000. download Phenocam images. Yes! checked the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES! Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES! Downloaded met data from PC Checked CO2 profile: The CO2 profile system wasn’t calibrated on site due to some problems of the analyzer. Joe changed the filters and cleaned up the cells, but the system didn’t work properly. 10. closed gate and set up fence. YES! Toniz_Floor Site Fence and gate power: 12 v. downloaded Winflux data from PC. YES! ; Floor site might not work properly. Joe tried finding back data from reading the binary files. Swapped the memory cards of CR1000. downloaded met data from PC. YES! CR23X3 – floor-Met CR23X6 – tower-Met CR10X2 – floor-Met Soil CO2 profile: CR23X5 – soil CO2 profile Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2014-12-09	TZ_floor	32.4
2014-12-09	TZ_road	40.7
2014-12-09	TZ_tower	37.1

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower_1 [1] => Floor_South_1 [2] => Floor_East_1 [3] => Floor_West_1 [4] => SoilCO2_1 [5] => Soil_Transect_4_1 [6] => Soil_Transect_3_1 [7] => Soil_Transect_2_1 [8] => Soil_Transect_1_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_A_1 [10] => SoilCO2_West_B_1 [11] => SoilCO2_West_C_1 [12] => Tower_2 [13] => Floor_South_2 [14] => Floor_East_2 [15] => Floor_West_2 [16] => SoilCO2_2 [17] => Soil_Transect_4_2 [18] => Soil_Transect_3_2 [19] => Soil_Transect_2_2 [20] => Soil_Transect_1_2 [21] => SoilCO2_West_A_2 [22] => SoilCO2_West_B_2 [23] => SoilCO2_West_C_2 [24] => Tower_3 [25] => Floor_South_3 [26] => Floor_East_3 [27] => Floor_West_3 [28] => SoilCO2_3 [29] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [30] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [31] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [32] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [33] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [34] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [35] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [36] => Floor_South_4 [37] => Floor_East_4 [38] => Floor_West_4 [39] => SoilCO2_4 [40] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [41] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [42] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [43] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [44] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [45] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [46] => SoilCO2_West_C_4 )

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Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Tower_1	Floor_South_1	Floor_East_1	Floor_West_1	SoilCO2_1	Soil_Transect_4_1	Soil_Transect_3_1	Soil_Transect_2_1	Soil_Transect_1_1	SoilCO2_West_A_1	SoilCO2_West_B_1	SoilCO2_West_C_1	Tower_2	Floor_South_2	Floor_East_2	Floor_West_2	SoilCO2_2	Soil_Transect_4_2	Soil_Transect_3_2	Soil_Transect_2_2	Soil_Transect_1_2	SoilCO2_West_A_2	SoilCO2_West_B_2	SoilCO2_West_C_2	Tower_3	Floor_South_3	Floor_East_3	Floor_West_3	SoilCO2_3	Soil_Transect_4_3	Soil_Transect_3_3	Soil_Transect_2_3	Soil_Transect_1_3	SoilCO2_West_A_3	SoilCO2_West_B_3	SoilCO2_West_C_3	Floor_South_4	Floor_East_4	Floor_West_4	SoilCO2_4	Soil_Transect_4_4	Soil_Transect_3_4	Soil_Transect_2_4	Soil_Transect_1_4	SoilCO2_West_A_4	SoilCO2_West_B_4	SoilCO2_West_C_4	Avg	Spacial Count	Measurement Count
2014-12-09	343	0	nan	25	21.2	39.3	11.1	19.7	13.8	25	18.2	11.2	24.7	23.5	31.1	20	21.5	29.8	27.4	31.3	39.7	35	28.9	7.2	22.8	16.7	29.5	14.8	9.8	30.7	22.3	13.3	18.4	29.9	19.3	12.3	38	33.5	31.1	7	16.8	20.5	14.5	9.3	13.6	16.8	11	17.9	10.2	32.8
2014-12-09	343	1	nan	25.8	20.3		11.1	26.4			16.8		24.4		34.1	19.1	21.9		27.1	26.5			29.2		24		31.9	15.6	8.4		22.9	12			20.7		33.5		29.9	7		21.1	14.2			16.5		17.6		34.8
2014-12-09	343	Avg	0-15cm																																																	0
2014-12-09	343	Avg	15-30cm																																																	0
2014-12-09	343	Avg	30-45cm																																																	0
2014-12-09	343	Avg	45-60cm																																																	0

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Solar_Panels_1 [1] => Flux_Tower_1 [2] => Gate_1 [3] => Biomass_Cage_1 [4] => Solar_Panels_2 [5] => Flux_Tower_2 [6] => Gate_2 [7] => Biomass_Cage_2 [8] => Solar_Panels_3 [9] => Flux_Tower_3 [10] => Gate_3 [11] => Biomass_Cage_3 [12] => Solar_Panels_4 [13] => Flux_Tower_4 [14] => Gate_4 [15] => Biomass_Cage_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Solar_Panels_1	Flux_Tower_1	Gate_1	Biomass_Cage_1	Solar_Panels_2	Flux_Tower_2	Gate_2	Biomass_Cage_2	Solar_Panels_3	Flux_Tower_3	Gate_3	Biomass_Cage_3	Solar_Panels_4	Flux_Tower_4	Gate_4	Biomass_Cage_4	Avg	Spacial Count	Measurement Count
2014-12-09	343	0	nan	19.7	17.9	18.2	7.1	26.1	30.1	21	18.5	23.7	20.1	25.1	26	28.8	13.6	19.6	17.6
2014-12-09	343	1	nan	20.6	17.9	18.8	6.2	25.8	29.2	21.3	18.2	23.7	19	24.6	26	27.9	13.3	19.6	17.6
2014-12-09	343	Avg	0-15cm																		0
2014-12-09	343	Avg	15-30cm																		0
2014-12-09	343	Avg	30-45cm																		0
2014-12-09	343	Avg	45-60cm																		0

No TZ grass heigth found

Grass Height VR 9

Date	Height reps (cm)									Location	Average	Samp	STDEV
2014-12-09	3	4	4	6	7	7	4	6	3	GH_FENCED	4.89	9	1.52
2014-12-09	3	5	4							GH_OUT	4	3	0.82

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2014-12-09	1	12.0
2014-12-09	102	9.4
2014-12-09	2	12.5
2014-12-09	245	19.4
2014-12-09	3	12.0
2014-12-09	4	9.0
2014-12-09	5	12.4
2014-12-09	7	9.5
2014-12-09	72	19.5
2014-12-09	79	14.9
2014-12-09	8	13.3

No water potential data found

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

0 photos found

Graphs display: days

16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

11 TZ_soilco2 graphs found

Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

1 TZ_fflux graphs found

8 TZ_fmet graphs found

1 TZ_tram graphs found

3 TZ_co2prof graphs found

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

2 TZ_sm graphs found

Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

Can't check TZVR_mixed
8 TZ_osu graphs found

No data found for TZ_fd.
Tonzi Z-cam data