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Field Notes

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Vaira: 2015-12-02 09:30:00 (DOY 336)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: New Raspberry Pi card, replaced two Peltire SHF chips removed another for repair, took panorama photos, missed soil co2 data.

Varia
2015-12-02

I arrived about 9:30 with Siyan. It was cool and partly cloudy with a variable breeze. It doesn’t look like there has been any rain since last visit – the ground surface is dry. The remaining leaves on the trees have yellowed, probably got frosted.

I put a new card into the Raspberry Pi. This one was missing a lot of settings. It only had the FTP server and telnet, but it is a newer version of the OS. The screen size needs to be set to match the screen in the field. As it is now much of the desktop can not be seen on the screen. Also there is no interface to get the time from the CR1000. I think the Pi is using UTC right now, but the Phenocam images should have the local time in the file name. It seemed to be collecting images though.

I spliced two Peltier SHF chips (sn P03 and sn P04) back onto the wires. Hopefully the wires on these are sealed better now. I also redid the ends on TCs 1, 2 and 3. We discovered a wire on Peltier SHF chip 1 was broken. I removed sn P01 for repair in the lab. It was not clear if this break is due to corrosion or varmint damage. We cam back later on the way home after the sealant had dried a bit and reburied everything.

P01 – removed, TC01 at -2cm
P02, TC2 at -4cm
P03, TC3 at -8cm
P04, TC4 at -16cm
P05, TC5 undisturbed at -32cm

We also took a bunch of photos with the new Ricoh Theta S camera that takes 360x180 degree panoramas. These should be posted soon in a Google Street View like form.

I think we collected met data twice instead of the soil co2 data. The data in the soil co2 file was not the soil co2 data at least. We need to collect all soil co2 data next time.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2015-12-02TZ_floor32
2015-12-02TZ_road39.8
2015-12-02TZ_tower36.6

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower [1] => Floor_South [2] => Floor_East [3] => Floor_West [4] => SoilCO2 [5] => Soil_Transect_4 [6] => Soil_Transect_3 [7] => Soil_Transect_2 [8] => Soil_Transect_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_A [10] => SoilCO2_West_B [11] => SoilCO2_West_C )

Date DOY Rep Depth
Tower
Floor_South
Floor_East
Floor_West
SoilCO2
Soil_Transect_4
Soil_Transect_3
Soil_Transect_2
Soil_Transect_1
SoilCO2_West_A
SoilCO2_West_B
SoilCO2_West_C
Avg
Spacial Count
Measurement Count
2015-12-02 336 0 0-15cm 8.8 12.7 21.2 17.6 13.4 10.6 9.1 9.1 10.6 16.2 16.5 9.4
2015-12-02 336 0 15-30cm 11.2 6.6 18.2 8.7 13 12.1 21.9 13.9 3.2 27.1 6 15.2
2015-12-02 336 0 30-45cm 14.3 4.8 10.3 3.9 3.9 8.7 10.6 14.5 12 21.8 14 12.6
2015-12-02 336 0 45-60cm 9.9 4.4 21.6 8.7 17 9.9 15.9 18.5 10.2 13 11 15.6
2015-12-02 336 1 0-15cm 9.1 12.7 23.2 18.5 11.1 10 10 9.1 10.3 15.9 10.3
2015-12-02 336 1 15-30cm 11.2 6.6 19.4 9 13.9 11.8 21.6 13.9 4.2 6 14.8
2015-12-02 336 1 30-45cm 14.8 5 11.7 3.7 5.3 8.4 10.9 14.8 12.6 14.8 12.9
2015-12-02 336 1 45-60cm 8.5 3.6 21.1 7.9 16.2 9.9 13.9 18.5 10.7 10.1 15.6
2015-12-02 336 Avg 0-15cm 8.95 12.7 22.2 18.05 12.25 10.3 9.55 9.1 10.45 16.2 16.2 9.85 12.98 12 23
2015-12-02 336 Avg 15-30cm 11.2 6.6 18.8 8.85 13.45 11.95 21.75 13.9 3.7 27.1 6 15 13.19 12 23
2015-12-02 336 Avg 30-45cm 14.55 4.9 11 3.8 4.6 8.55 10.75 14.65 12.3 21.8 14.4 12.75 11.17 12 23
2015-12-02 336 Avg 45-60cm 9.2 4 21.35 8.3 16.6 9.9 14.9 18.5 10.45 13 10.55 15.6 12.7 12 23

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Solar_Panels [1] => Flux_Tower [2] => Gate [3] => Biomass_Cage )

Date DOY Rep Depth
Solar_Panels
Flux_Tower
Gate
Biomass_Cage
Avg
Spacial Count
Measurement Count
2015-12-02 336 0 0-15cm 0.9 12.4 11.8 4.5
2015-12-02 336 0 15-30cm 18.2 16.4 10.9 10.6
2015-12-02 336 0 30-45cm 17.6 7.6 12 16.2
2015-12-02 336 0 45-60cm 26.8 14.2 10.1 14.2
2015-12-02 336 1 0-15cm 3.3 12.1 10.6 4.7
2015-12-02 336 1 15-30cm 18.2 26.4 10.6 10
2015-12-02 336 1 30-45cm 17.9 7 11.7 15.4
2015-12-02 336 1 45-60cm 26.8 13 10.5 13.9
2015-12-02 336 Avg 0-15cm 2.1 12.25 11.2 4.6 7.54 4 8
2015-12-02 336 Avg 15-30cm 18.2 21.4 10.75 10.3 15.16 4 8
2015-12-02 336 Avg 30-45cm 17.75 7.3 11.85 15.8 13.18 4 8
2015-12-02 336 Avg 45-60cm 26.8 13.6 10.3 14.05 16.19 4 8

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

DateTag#Reading (mm)

No water potential data found

No VR Grass Biomass data found

No VR OakLeaves Biomass data found

No VR PineNeedles Biomass data found

1 photos found

Joe on site
vaira_2015_12_02_100159.jpg ( 2015-12-02 16:13:42 ) Full size: 1296x960
Joe on site

Graphs display:
9 sets found

16 VR_met graphs found

Temperatures

System Power Voltage

Soil Temperatures Set 1

Soil Temperatures Set 2

Soil Temperature Set 3

Soil Temperature at -4cm

Soil Heat Flux

Soil Moisture

Photosynthetic Active Radiation

Short/Long Wave Radiation

LED sensor

Vaira PPT

Peltier SHF Plates

Peltier SHF Temperatures

LED NDVI

NDVI SRS Raw Data

2 VR_flux graphs found

CO2 Density

Sonic Wind

6 VR_soilco2 graphs found

VR West Eosense Profile

VR North Vaisala Profile

Soil CO2 West Temperatures

Soil CO2 North Temperatures

Soil CO2 East Temperatures

VR East Vaisala Profile

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.

 
 

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