Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2015-06-03 09:30:00 (DOY 154)
Author: Siyan Ma
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Summary: Standard fieldwork, grass mostly dead, using new moisture point cable, midday water potential

When: Date: 6/3/2015 , Day: 154 , Watch Time: 9:30 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan

Weather: clear, sunny

Phenology: grass died out

Summary

Swapped memory cards of CR1000s at three sites. Everything worked well.
Checked and downloaded met data from PC at Tower, Floor, and Vaira.
calibrated the CO2 profile system
Read dendrometers
Measured soil moisture
Sampled grass aboveground production with 40x40 square cm
Measure groundwater well

Vaira_Grass Site

Downloaded Phenocam images.
Swapped the memory cards of CR1000.
Checked the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
Downloaded met and soil CO2 profile data (images left on the field PC).
Checked levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES!
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
Sampled grass aboveground production with 40x40 square cm.
Spectral reflectances
Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Tonzi_Tower Site

Fence and gate power: 12 v.
downloaded Winflux data from PC. YES! (images left on the field PC).
swapped the memory cards of CR1000.
download Phenocam images. Yes!
calibrated the CO2 profile system
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

9. closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

Fence and gate power: 12 v.
downloaded Winflux data from PC. YES!

Floor Gill sonic plots screen before downloading data

Swapped the memory cards of CR1000.

Screen shot of floor flux data logger table

downloaded met data from PC. YES!

CR23X3 â€“ floor-Met

CR23X6 â€“ tower-Met

CR10X2 â€“ floor-Met

Soil CO₂ profile: CR23X5 â€“ soil CO₂ profile

Screen shot of soil moisture data logger table

Screen shot of soil co2 data logger table

Screen shot of tower met data logger table

Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Field Data

CO2 Profile Tanks

Date	Tank	Pressure (psi)	ppm
2015-06-03	CO2	1500	405.07
2015-06-03	N2	750	0

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2015-06-03	TZ_floor	27.9
2015-06-03	TZ_road	37.3
2015-06-03	TZ_tower	31.8

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] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [29] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [30] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [31] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [32] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [33] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [34] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [35] => Tower_4 [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 [47] => SoilCO2_3 )

0000

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	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_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	SoilCO2_3	Spacial Count
2015-06-03	154	0	nan	6.8	3.9	16.5	14.4	10.9	5.3	8.6	7.4	6.2	12.4	8.6	5.6	10.9	7.5	21.5	5.4	10.6	9.7	15.2	14.2	5.1	11.5	1.7	13.6	16.5	9	13.4	16.8	10.3	16.5	18.4	14.8	17.9	17.9	15.6	10.5	11.3	19.9	19.9	20.8	12.5	17.9	28.5	11.3	21.9	18.8	23.1
2015-06-03	154	1	nan	6.8	4.2	16.8		11.1								11.2	7.5	11.2		9.7								16.2	9.5	13.7									10.7	11.6	19.9		20.8								12.3
2015-06-03	154	Avg	0-15cm																																																	0
2015-06-03	154	Avg	15-30cm																																																	0
2015-06-03	154	Avg	30-45cm																																																	0
2015-06-03	154	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	Spacial Count
2015-06-03	154	0	nan	2.4	8.8	9.1	1.2	16.1	13.6	11.5	6.6	17.3	5.9	14.3	13.9	27.8	13	11	15.9
2015-06-03	154	1	nan	2.7	8.8	8.6	1.5	16.4	14.2	11.2	6.6	17.6	6.2	14	14.3	27.9	13.3	9.9	16.2
2015-06-03	154	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2015-06-03	154	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2015-06-03	154	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2015-06-03	154	Avg	45-60cm																	0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2015-06-03	1	16.2
2015-06-03	102	12.5
2015-06-03	2	14.9
2015-06-03	245	22.2
2015-06-03	3	16.1
2015-06-03	4	11.9
2015-06-03	5	15.0
2015-06-03	7	16.0
2015-06-03	72	21.1
2015-06-03	79	18.3
2015-06-03	8	12.3

Water Potential - mode: raw

Time	Species	Tree	readings (bar)
2015-06-03 13:08:00	OAK	102	-17	-18	-12
2015-06-03 13:08:00	OAK	35	-25	-25.5	-20
2015-06-03 13:08:00	OAK	92	-21	-25	-27
2015-06-03 13:28:00	PINE	OLD	-17	-34	-4
2015-06-03 13:28:00	PINE	YNG	-2	-3	-4