Field Notes

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Vaira: 2015-05-20 10:00:00 (DOY 140)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Ana

Summary: Standard fieldwork, electric fence shorted - fixed, moisture point probes giving mostly bad numbers

Vaira 2015-05-20 I arrived about 10:00 with Ana. It was mild and mostly sunny with a breeze from the west. The ground was dry, but looked like there might have been some short, heavy rain. The grass is still mostly green and the water hole is close to full. Ana downloaded the data, cleaned the radiation sensors, measured grass height and did the spectral measurements. We did not do clip plots because the grass was still so green. I was going the test the Moisture Point probes, but forgot the cable I needed, so I just did the Moisture Point measurements. Many of the probes were reporting bad numbers especially for the top two locations. I wondered if the cable or box was having problems, but it seemed to work much better at Tonzi. I’m still waiting for the new cable to show up. The electric fence was shorted to the barbed wire. I straightened it out and replace a broken plastic mount.

Veg Height (cm): Tape measure from ground to top of plant
60, 70, 40, 30, 30, 60, 40, 90, 65, 50, 20, 100, 40, 50, 60, avg = 53.7, stdev = 22.08

Field Data

No tank data

No VR Well data found

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Floor_South_1 [1] => Floor_West_1 [2] => SoilCO2_1 [3] => Soil_Transect_4_1 [4] => Soil_Transect_3_1 [5] => Soil_Transect_2_1 [6] => Soil_Transect_1_1 [7] => SoilCO2_West_A_1 [8] => SoilCO2_West_B_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_C_1 [10] => Tower_2 [11] => Floor_South_2 [12] => Floor_East_2 [13] => SoilCO2_2 [14] => Soil_Transect_4_2 [15] => Soil_Transect_3_2 [16] => Soil_Transect_2_2 [17] => Soil_Transect_1_2 [18] => SoilCO2_West_A_2 [19] => SoilCO2_West_B_2 [20] => SoilCO2_West_C_2 [21] => Tower_3 [22] => Floor_South_3 [23] => SoilCO2_3 [24] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [25] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [26] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [27] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [28] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [29] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [30] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [31] => Tower_4 [32] => Floor_South_4 [33] => Floor_West_4 [34] => SoilCO2_4 [35] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [36] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [37] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [38] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [39] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [40] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [41] => SoilCO2_West_C_4 [42] => Floor_West_2 [43] => Floor_West_3 )

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Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Floor_South_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	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	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	Tower_4	Floor_South_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	Floor_West_2	Floor_West_3	Avg	Spacial Count	Measurement Count
2015-05-20	140	0	nan	9.1	17.3	11.1	10.3	9.1	10	7.7	18.2	13.2	10.6	13.9	17.3	16.7	16.7	15.5	20.6	16.4	6.6	16.4	3.2	17.9	17.3	13.1	14.8	11.5	17	19.5	16.8	17.9	17.3	16.2	11	41.4	21.1	11.1	12.8	21.3	27.4	13	22.2	19.6	24.2
2015-05-20	140	1	nan	8.8	17.6	11.1	10.3	9.7	9.7	8.3	17.6	13.5	10	14.5	17.6	16.7	16.4	15.2	21	16.4	7.2	16.4	3.9	17.9	15.9	14	13.1	11.7	16.5	19.5	16.5	18.4	17.9	15.9	11	11.9	20.8	11.1	12.2	20.8	29.1	13.3	22.8	19.9	24.2	10.3	18.2
2015-05-20	140	Avg	0-15cm																																														0
2015-05-20	140	Avg	15-30cm																																														0
2015-05-20	140	Avg	30-45cm																																														0
2015-05-20	140	Avg	45-60cm																																														0

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Gate_1 [1] => Flux_Tower_2 [2] => Gate_2 [3] => Flux_Tower_3 [4] => Solar_Panels_4 [5] => Flux_Tower_4 [6] => Biomass_Cage_4 [7] => Biomass_Cage_3 )

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Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Gate_1	Flux_Tower_2	Gate_2	Flux_Tower_3	Solar_Panels_4	Flux_Tower_4	Biomass_Cage_4	Biomass_Cage_3	Avg	Spacial Count	Measurement Count
2015-05-20	140	0	nan	12.9	21.9	14.2	17.3	11.6	27.1	18.8
2015-05-20	140	1	nan	12.7	21	15.2	16.8	11.9	28.2		18.2
2015-05-20	140	Avg	0-15cm										0
2015-05-20	140	Avg	15-30cm										0
2015-05-20	140	Avg	30-45cm										0
2015-05-20	140	Avg	45-60cm										0

Grass Height TZ 10

Date	Height reps (cm)										Location	Average	Samp	STDEV
2015-05-20	20	30	20	10	10	30	10	50	30	20	GH_ALL	23	10	11.87

Grass Height VR 15

Date	Height reps (cm)															Location	Average	Samp	STDEV
2015-05-20	60	70	40	30	30	60	40	90	65	50	20	100	40	50	60	GH_ALL	53.67	15	21.33

No VR Tree DBH found

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

vaira_2015_05_20_090103.jpg ( 2015-05-20 16:53:38 ) Full size: 1296x960
still some green grass

vaira_2015_05_20_093102.jpg ( 2015-05-20 16:23:38 ) Full size: 1296x960
Joe and Ana on site

Graphs display: days

9 sets found

16 VR_met graphs found

2 VR_flux graphs found

6 VR_soilco2 graphs found

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.