When: Date: 10/1/2015 , Day: 274 , Watch Time: 9:00 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan, Joe

Weather: cloudy and occasional rains

Phenology: tree leaves looked green, but leaves had dropped a lot since last visiting; rains may not larger enough to reach the soil surface for grass germination yet.

Summary

1. Swapped memory cards of CR1000s at three sites.
2. Joe tried replacing the Tower PC with a new little computer, but there was a problem to let the little computer talk to the PhenoCam. The old PC still runs at Tower.
3. Checked and downloaded winflux and met data from PC at Tower & Floor.
4. Checked the soil CO2 probes at Tonzi and Vaira;
5. Read dendrometers
6. Did not measure soil moisture (forgot bringing the cable.)
7. Measured groundwater well
8. Fixed the fences.
9. Swapped the cards of three face-up cameras.
10. Measured midday leaf water potential

Vaira_Grass Site

1. Downloaded Phenocam images.
2. Swapped the memory cards of CR1000.
3. Checked the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
4. Downloaded met and soil CO2 profile data:

5. Checked levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES!
6. Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
7. Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Tonzi_Tower Site

1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
2. Joe tried replacing the Tower PC with a new little computer, but there was a problem to let the little computer talk to the PhenoCam. The old PC still runs at Tower.
3. Joe swapped the memory cards of CR1000 and downloaded other data.
4. Joe fixed the fence and closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
2. downloaded Winflux data from PC. YES!
3. Swapped the memory cards of CR1000.

4. downloaded met data from PC. YES!

CR23X3 – floor-Met

CR23X6 – tower-Met

CR10X2 – floor-Met

Soil CO₂ profile: CR23X5 – soil CO₂ profile

5. Joe fixed the fence and closed gate and set up fence. YES!