Field Notes

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Other sites visited today: Twitchell Rice

Bouldin Alfalfa: 2016-11-03 15:09:00 (DOY 308)
Author: Sam Chamberlain
Others: Joe Verfaillie

Summary: Standard data collection, moved solar panels, set up phenocam

Joe and I arrived around 9 am. It was sunny and there was little to no wind. We moved the solar panels so they now face south along the ditch east of the tower.

We discussed digging and instrumenting a water table well, but there is no sign that the water table is anywhere near the surface. I used the soil auger to dig a 4ft hole in the nearby ditch, but even at the bottom of the hole I did not hit the water table. We should further discuss instrumenting a well to track the water table since we are measuring methane fluxes at this site.

Standard data collection took place and all sensors were cleaned, including radiation sensors. PARin and PARout were switched in the CR1000 code, so Joe updated the headers correct this problem. The PAR_in serial number is 140452, and the PAR_out sn is 140451. Additionally, we installed a STARDOT phenocam sn 0030F4D214A4 that is facing NW off the north side of the tower scaffolding. It is currently mounted near the top of the railing due to a short cable. It will be moved to near the top of the post later.

Sam took alfalfa height measurements as follows (cm): 24, 20, 23, 24, 21, 20, 18, 22, 22, 19, 27, 21, 23, 25, 22, 28, 22, 23, 24, 27

Next Mowing: 2016-11-17

2 photos found

view of field site
20161103BA_Tower.jpg ( 2016-11-03 13:38:58 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

view of field site
20161103BA_SolarPanels.jpg ( 2016-11-03 13:38:50 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

Graphs display:
7 sets found

5 BA_flux graphs found

Wind

LI-7500 CO2 and H2O

7700 CH4 and RSSI

Counts

CO2 in ppm

21 BA_met graphs found

Soil Temperatures Set A

Soil Temperatures Set B

Soil Temperatures Set C

Soil Heat Flux

Temperature

Solar Radiation

Air Pressure and RH

Soil Moisture

PAR

PRI Channels

NDVI channels

Battery Voltage

NDVI and PRI

Apogee NDVI

FD Chamber A CO2 and Temp

FD Chamber B CO2 and Temperature

Surface Temperature

Sentek Soil Moisture profile

Sentek Soil Temperature profile

Sentek Soil Salinity profile

Forced Diffusion Soil CO2 Flux

No data found for BA_arable.
Can't check TATWBABCSB_cam
Can't check MBSWEEWPBCBA
2 BA_processed graphs found

Energy

Evapotranspiration

No data found for BA_adex.