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Tonzi: 2015-12-23 11:00:00 (DOY 357)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: Tower Compute Stick hung up, Floor lost about half its data due to low power, took down wind profile, tram derailed - fixed, swapped tower HMP45 fan

Tonzi
2015-12-23

I arrived about 11am with Siyan. It was clear, sunny and cold with a light breeze that turned into a stiff breeze above the canopy. There have been a couple days of rain, but the ground is not sloppy wet and the pondâ€˜s level doesnâ€™t seem to have risen much. I think the ground sucked up the rain like a sponge.

The compute stick at the tower was on but did not respond to the mouse or keyboard. I forced a restart and it did a full reboot. It has not collected data for the last three days, but otherwise seemed to have run well. Iâ€™m not sure what is causing it to hang up.

The Floor system only collected about half its data because it is losing power overnight. All the data is being collected on data loggers now, with only the CR10X for the Floor soil temps, AirT, RH and Pressure not having much memory. I down loaded all the data from that CR10X and it is good for about 38 days. So I decided it would be okay to turn the Floor computer off. With the computer running, the system was pulling 2A. With the computer off it was pulling 0.7A. I also checked the water level in the batteries. The two batteries to the east that are wired in the middle of the string were low on water and I refilled them. The others were okay, with the one in the north west corner having one of its caps loose and over full.

I also took down the wind profile set that was put up for Ana. This was getting power from the floor system so removing it should reduce the load on that system as well. Four sonics were removed from levels 1: sn 0852, 3: sn 0839, 5: sn 0843 and 6: sn 0846. CR1000 sn 66250 and CFM sn 13053 were also removed. I left the IR surface temperatures running as I think that data might still be interesting.

The Tram was derailed near its starting point, but it reset just fine.

I serviced the z-cams. Cam 1 had some condensation inside again. I replaced the putty that has been holding the window in place with silicon. The other windows seemed secure.

Siyan collected data, did soil moisture, dbh and water table.

The HMP45 fan at the top of the tower was not running. I replaced it.

The Floor fence was broken it two places. We repaired it.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2015-12-23	TZ_floor	32.1
2015-12-23	TZ_road	40
2015-12-23	TZ_tower	36.8

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower_1 [1] => Floor_South_1 [2] => Floor_East_1 [3] => Floor_West_1 [4] => SoilCO2_1 [5] => Soil_Transect_4_1 [6] => Soil_Transect_3_1 [7] => Soil_Transect_2_1 [8] => Soil_Transect_1_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_A_1 [10] => SoilCO2_West_B_1 [11] => SoilCO2_West_C_1 [12] => Tower_2 [13] => Floor_South_2 [14] => Floor_East_2 [15] => Floor_West_2 [16] => SoilCO2_2 [17] => Soil_Transect_4_2 [18] => Soil_Transect_3_2 [19] => Soil_Transect_2_2 [20] => Soil_Transect_1_2 [21] => SoilCO2_West_A_2 [22] => SoilCO2_West_B_2 [23] => SoilCO2_West_C_2 [24] => Tower_3 [25] => Floor_South_3 [26] => Floor_East_3 [27] => Floor_West_3 [28] => SoilCO2_3 [29] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [30] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [31] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [32] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [33] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [34] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [35] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [36] => Tower_4 [37] => Floor_East_4 [38] => Floor_West_4 [39] => SoilCO2_4 [40] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [41] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [42] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [43] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [44] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [45] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [46] => SoilCO2_West_C_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Tower_1	Floor_South_1	Floor_East_1	Floor_West_1	SoilCO2_1	Soil_Transect_4_1	Soil_Transect_3_1	Soil_Transect_2_1	Soil_Transect_1_1	SoilCO2_West_A_1	SoilCO2_West_B_1	SoilCO2_West_C_1	Tower_2	Floor_South_2	Floor_East_2	Floor_West_2	SoilCO2_2	Soil_Transect_4_2	Soil_Transect_3_2	Soil_Transect_2_2	Soil_Transect_1_2	SoilCO2_West_A_2	SoilCO2_West_B_2	SoilCO2_West_C_2	Tower_3	Floor_South_3	Floor_East_3	Floor_West_3	SoilCO2_3	Soil_Transect_4_3	Soil_Transect_3_3	Soil_Transect_2_3	Soil_Transect_1_3	SoilCO2_West_A_3	SoilCO2_West_B_3	SoilCO2_West_C_3	Tower_4	Floor_East_4	Floor_West_4	SoilCO2_4	Soil_Transect_4_4	Soil_Transect_3_4	Soil_Transect_2_4	Soil_Transect_1_4	SoilCO2_West_A_4	SoilCO2_West_B_4	SoilCO2_West_C_4	Spacial Count
2015-12-23	357	0	nan	23.8	21.4	30.8	27.3	29.9	22.3	20.3	22	22.3	21.7	22.9	22.6	30.1	32.3	49.4	27.1	31.3	23.7	31	30.4	17.3	38.1	16.7	29.8	16.5	35.4	51.1	29.3	39.4	24.3	31.3	30.1	20.1	42.4	35.2	36.6	10.7	75.2	74.9	38.2	27.5	42.8	19.9	10.7	41.4	47.1	46.3
2015-12-23	357	1	nan	23.8	21.2	31.1	27.3	30.5	22.9	19.7	22.6	22.3	22	22.3	22	31	32.3	40.5	26.7	30.1	23.7	31.6	30.4	17.3	31	17	30.1	17.9	34.9	50.5	28.5	39.4	24.3	32.1	30.7	21.5	42.4	35.4	36.3	10.2	74.8	86.1	36.2	31.4	43.1	20.5	9.9	41.1	48	47.7
2015-12-23	357	Avg	0-15cm																																																0
2015-12-23	357	Avg	15-30cm																																																0
2015-12-23	357	Avg	30-45cm																																																0
2015-12-23	357	Avg	45-60cm																																																0

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Solar_Panels_1 [1] => Flux_Tower_1 [2] => Gate_1 [3] => Biomass_Cage_1 [4] => Solar_Panels_2 [5] => Flux_Tower_2 [6] => Gate_2 [7] => Biomass_Cage_2 [8] => Solar_Panels_3 [9] => Flux_Tower_3 [10] => Gate_3 [11] => Biomass_Cage_3 [12] => Solar_Panels_4 [13] => Flux_Tower_4 [14] => Gate_4 [15] => Biomass_Cage_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Solar_Panels_1	Flux_Tower_1	Gate_1	Biomass_Cage_1	Solar_Panels_2	Flux_Tower_2	Gate_2	Biomass_Cage_2	Solar_Panels_3	Flux_Tower_3	Gate_3	Biomass_Cage_3	Solar_Panels_4	Flux_Tower_4	Gate_4	Biomass_Cage_4	Spacial Count
2015-12-23	357	0	nan	25	13.2	20	10.9	29.5	28.9	22.2	24.6	32.7	16.8	32.4	31.8	42.3	30.8	38.8	33.7
2015-12-23	357	1	nan	20.9	22.9	19.4	10.3	29.2	29.2	22.2	24.9	32.9	17.3	32.7	31.8	42.3	31.4	38.2	32.8
2015-12-23	357	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2015-12-23	357	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2015-12-23	357	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2015-12-23	357	Avg	45-60cm																	0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2015-12-23	1	18.1
2015-12-23	102	13.7
2015-12-23	2	15.5
2015-12-23	245	23.9
2015-12-23	3	13.3
2015-12-23	4	13.0
2015-12-23	5	16.0
2015-12-23	7	12.3
2015-12-23	72	21.6
2015-12-23	79	19.9
2015-12-23	8	16.6