Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2016-11-02 09:00:00 (DOY 307)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe

Summary: Standard fieldwork, grass is growing, trees still have leaves.

When: Date: 11/2/2016 , Day: 307 , Watch Time: 9:00 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan, Joe

Weather: clear, sunny

Phenology: grass germinated and grew a lot (~10 cm high)

Summary

Joe installed measurement poles at Vairaâ€™s pound.
Joe swapped memory cards of CR1000s and downloaded phenocam images and met data from PCs.
Joe checked the soil CO2 probes at Tonzi and Vaira;
Read dendrometers
Measured soil moisture
Measured grass height
Measure groundwater well
Collect grass samples for LAI

Vaira_Grass Site

Joe took down the mini-calibration tower.
Joe downloaded Phenocam images.
Joe swapped the memory cards of CR1000.

Screen shot of Vaira flux data logger table

Checked the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
Downloaded met and soil CO2 profile data:

Screen shot of Vaira met data logger table

Screen shot of Vaira soil co2 data logger table

Checked levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES!
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Tonzi_Tower Site

Fence and gate power: off. Battery is dead?
Joe swapped the memory cards of CR1000 and download Phenocam images.
checked the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES!
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!

5. Screens of met dataloggers: CR23X3 â€“ floor-Met; CR23X6 â€“ tower-Met; CR10X2 â€“ floor-Met; Soil CO₂ profile: CR23X5 â€“ soil CO₂ profile

Screen shot of soil co2 data logger table

Screen shot of soil moisture data logger table

Screen shot of tower met data logger table

Screen shot of tower flux data logger table

6. closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

Fence and gate power: 12 v.
Joe swapped the memory cards of CR1000.
Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2016-11-02	TZ_floor	30.2
2016-11-02	TZ_road	38.1
2016-11-02	TZ_tower	34.7

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Floor_South_1 [1] => Floor_East_1 [2] => Floor_West_1 [3] => SoilCO2_1 [4] => Soil_Transect_4_1 [5] => Soil_Transect_3_1 [6] => Soil_Transect_2_1 [7] => Soil_Transect_1_1 [8] => SoilCO2_West_A_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_B_1 [10] => SoilCO2_West_C_1 [11] => Floor_South_2 [12] => Floor_East_2 [13] => Floor_West_2 [14] => SoilCO2_2 [15] => Soil_Transect_4_2 [16] => Soil_Transect_3_2 [17] => Soil_Transect_2_2 [18] => Soil_Transect_1_2 [19] => SoilCO2_West_A_2 [20] => SoilCO2_West_B_2 [21] => SoilCO2_West_C_2 [22] => Floor_South_3 [23] => Floor_East_3 [24] => Floor_West_3 [25] => SoilCO2_3 [26] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [27] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [28] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [29] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [30] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [31] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [32] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [33] => Floor_South_4 [34] => Floor_East_4 [35] => Floor_West_4 [36] => SoilCO2_4 [37] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [38] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [39] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [40] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [41] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [42] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [43] => SoilCO2_West_C_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	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	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	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	Floor_South_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
2016-11-02	307	0	nan	24.4	28.2	26.1	31.4	25.3	22.3	25.8	22.3	27	25.8	25.83	37.1	43.2	31.3	31	25.8	32.6	31.4	17	26.1	21.6	30.1	42.4	54.1	36	36.6	30.4	32.1	33.5	25.1	34.3	36	36.3	54	50.9	41.7	42	35.4	45.1	49.1	11.6	45.4	52.6	51.7
2016-11-02	307	1	nan	23.2	29.4	27	30.8		22.3	25	22	25.8	24.7	6.1	37.8	44.5	31.9	32.3	25.9	31.9	30.4	17	26	21.9	30.4	42.1	56.1	35.4	38.5	31	32.7	32.7	25.1	34.9	34.9	36.3	62.2	49.7	42.3	41.4	35.7	45.4	48	11.6	45.7	50.3	49.1
2016-11-02	307	Avg	0-15cm																																													0
2016-11-02	307	Avg	15-30cm																																													0
2016-11-02	307	Avg	30-45cm																																													0
2016-11-02	307	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
2016-11-02	307	0	nan	29.5	22.6	22.6	11.8	30.8	29.2	21.6	24.6	31.2	15.7	24.8	31.8	44.5	31.1	24.8	33.4
2016-11-02	307	1	nan	25.8	22.6	22.9	11.5	31	29.5	22.2	25.5	31.3	15.4	24.8	31.8	45.1	31.1	25.6	33.1
2016-11-02	307	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2016-11-02	307	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2016-11-02	307	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2016-11-02	307	Avg	45-60cm																	0

No TZ grass heigth found

Grass Height VR 5

Date	Height reps (cm)					Location	Average	Samp	STDEV
2016-11-02	7	14	8	9	10	GH_ALL	9.6	5	2.42

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2016-11-02	1	25.5
2016-11-02	105	23.0
2016-11-02	2	19.4
2016-11-02	245	23.0
2016-11-02	3	23.8
2016-11-02	4	18.5
2016-11-02	5	20.2
2016-11-02	7	17.0
2016-11-02	72	23.6
2016-11-02	79	23.3
2016-11-02	8	20.1