Field Notes

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Other sites visited today: Vaira | Tonzi

Tonzi: 2015-12-02 11:00:00 (DOY 336)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: Soldered z-cam 2 splice, Floor losing power at night, tram stopped - reset, Tower computer okay.

Tonzi
2015-12-02

I arrive about 11:00 with Siyan. It was cold and partly cloudy with a variable breeze. The ground surface is dry probably not getting much rain since last visit. The grass seems greener here than at Vaira, but not much recent growth â€“ too cold. The remaining leaves on the trees have yellowed.

I soldered, heat shrinked and sealed the splice in the z-cam #2 cable. I serviced all the z-cams. No leaks in the widows since last time but I still need to fix z-cam #1 from sure and maybe #3 as well.

The tower computer seemed to be running well.

The tram had stopped, not derailed, near its parking spot. I reset it and it went to park just fine.

The Floor tower has begun to lose power and data at night. It is pulling 2.2A, 1A of that is probably the computer. If I rearrange things to move the Floor met 10x sensors to the soil moisture 23X we can probably turn the computer off and only run it during the day when we visit to collect data.

I lowered the Tower sonic and 7500 to fix the bird spikes on the sonic that had been knocked sideways.

The radiometers were clean.

We 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.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2015-12-02	TZ_floor	32
2015-12-02	TZ_road	39.8
2015-12-02	TZ_tower	36.6

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

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2015-12-02	1	17.5
2015-12-02	102	12.1
2015-12-02	2	15.0
2015-12-02	245	21.0
2015-12-02	3	16.2
2015-12-02	4	11.5
2015-12-02	5	15.5
2015-12-02	7	12.0
2015-12-02	72	21.3
2015-12-02	79	18.9
2015-12-02	8	16.0