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Field Notes

<--2001-03-15 09:00:00 | 2001-03-24 17:00:00-->
Other sites visited today: Vaira

Tonzi: 2001-03-22 09:00:00 (DOY 81)
Author: Dennis Baldocchi
Others: Nancy Kiang

Summary: Flux Tower set up; Tonzi ranch PC replaced.

Clear mild spring day. Grass is very green and the trees in the region are just starting to leaf out. There is a strong gradient at the Tonzi ranch. Near the gate the leaves are expanding, while at the field site the buds are only swelling. But they should be out in a day or two.

THE TOWER IS UP!!!! The Beckman Co just finished installing the Flux Tower. It is clean and Beautiful. About 2 canopy heights. The site is nearly perfect. Great density of trees. Fairly flat site. Much better than WBW. We note house to NW that occasionally burns garbage. Watch for it in the signals.

1130. Replaced PC at the Tonzi Ranch. We are able to talk to the Campbell data loggers. Downloaded data and started the forest floor flux system again. This should be the First Real day of data.

1600-1700 Setting up communications to the Far sap flow system, MD9_5. Communication was established. There is communication to the Campbell network now! Data are written to c:\tonzi

MD9

Data logger

C:\tonzi:PC208 files

Daily Files: c:\tonzi

2

Soil temperature

Cr10x2.dat

Tz2_yrday.10x

3

Soil moisture

Cr23x3.dat

TZ3_yrday.23x

4

Sapflow #1

Cr10x4.dat

TZ4_yrday.10x

5

Sapflow #2

Cr10x4.dat

TZ5_yrday.10x

1730 Flux system up and running. It is drawing about 1.8 amps at present.

Ted cleaned up the soilmoisture and soil temperature data loggers

Leaf area was sampled in the open and under trees (4x4)

Nancy took Canopy Leaf area data with Licor

WHO: Nancy Kiang

WHERE: Tonzi Ranch

WHEN: Overnight, 3/24/2001, returning 3/25/2001

WEATHER: 3/24/01 evening, clear, mild, 60's F

3/25/01 morning, overcast, mild, 50's F

WHAT: Measure branch area index of transects and sapflow trees

Field Data

No tank data

No TZ Well data found

No TZ Moisture Point data found

No VR Moisture Point data found

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

DateTag#Reading (mm)

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:
16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
No data found for TZ_tmet.
No data found for TZ_soilco2.
Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

Tonzi PPT

Tonzi CO2 and H2O Densities

Air Pressure

No data found for TZ_fflux.
8 TZ_fmet graphs found

Soil Heat Flux

Tonzi Soil Temperature Set A

Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set B

Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set C

Tonzi Soil Temperature Set D

Well Level

Well Water Temperature

Soil Water Potential

No data found for TZ_tram.
No data found for TZ_co2prof.
No data found for TZ_irt.
No data found for TZ_windprof.
No data found for TZ_tflux.
2 TZ_sm graphs found

Floor Solar Radiations

TZ Soil Moisture

Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

Floor and Tower RH

Can't check TZVR_mixed
No data found for TZ_osu.
No data found for TZ_fd.
Tonzi Z-cam data

plot of Tonzi z-cam LAI

plot of Tonzi z-cam gap fration

 
 

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation and US Department of Energy. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporters.