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Field Notes

<--2001-11-13 12:00:00 | 2001-12-05 02:00:00-->

Tonzi: 2001-11-25 03:29:00 (DOY 329)
Author: Dennis Baldocchi
Others: Liukang Xu

Summary: Flux system for tower was down (5 days of data loss); low voltage over night shut down floor flux systems.

WHO: Liukang Xu;
WHERE: Tonzi Ranch and Vaira Ranch
WHEN: 11/25/2001 d329
WEATHER: cloudy, temperature mid 50s
WHAT: check three flux systems, download data, dendrometer reading, soil
moisture point sensor reading.

Arrived around 12:15, grass germinated very uniformly, height was estimated
about 1-2 cm and LAI was estimated by eye was around 0.1 to 0.2. at both
tonzi and vaira sites.

1. The flux system at the Tower has been dead since d324 around
2030, also the CR23X at the top of the tower was dead on d324 2130 due to
the low battery voltage. So we lost about 5 days met data. I replaced the
battery. That datalogger was running on its own battery. All the solar
panels are super clean after the big storm.
Photovoltaic controller reading was 12.8V, 4.3A and 2.6 A


2. At the floor flux system, The flux system was running,
but almost every night the system was shut down due to the low voltage.
the watchdog helps lot to turn the system back on !!! Photovoltaic
controller reading at floor was 12.4V, 2.6 and 2.2 A.
3. Took soil moisture point sensor and dendrometer reading. The
trees expanded lot after rain.

Vaira, 1500 hours

1. The computer was on, but the sonic program was frozen 2 hr before I got
there. Also almost every night the computer was shut down due to the low
voltage. We need more power. Downloaded data.
2. soil moist point sensor reading.
3. Check the voltage of battery for the fence, it was around 12.5 V.
Photovoltaic controller reading 12.0, 1.2 and 3.2 A.
The soil moisture and dendrometer data were input into the Amador computer

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.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

Tonzi Tower Met: Temperature and Power

Tonzi Tower Met: Solar Radiation

Tonzi Tower Met: IRT Sensors

LED Sensor Incoming

LED Sensor Outgoing

4-Band Solar Radiation

Air Temperature Profile

Relativity Humidity Profile

Tonzi Tower PRI

SRS PRI/NDVI

SRS NDVI

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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