Field Notes

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Vaira: 2017-01-06 09:30:00 (DOY 6)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan, Dennis

Summary: Very wet, pond actively overflowing, added USB hub and swapped cable on cell modem.

Vaira
2017-01-06

I arrived about 9:30 with Dennis and Siyan. It was mostly sunny and cool. There was a lot of frost and frozen puddles along the road in the valley. The ground is very wet with water running in to puddles everywhere. Where the Cosumnes crosses Twin Cities Road the water level is about as high as I have ever seen it. The grass growth has stalled due to cold temperatures.

We had a truck with 4-wheel drive and tried to drive to the pound but could not climb the hill on the other side of the stream. We left the truck and walked the last little bit to the pond. The pond was full and actively spilling over the spillway. The water level was 22.38ft and looks to have been as high as 23ft. I collected data from the CR10X, all seemed well.

Back at the tower site, I collected data, Dennis did the soil moisture and Siyan did clip plots and spectral.

The cell modem was not being detected by the computer. I swapped out the USB cable and that seemed to fix it. I also added another USB hub between the computer and the existing USB/Ethernet dongle. This leaves a couple of open USB ports for memory sticks. The system sent data while I was there, but has not sent data since.

I confirmed the Stardot serial number and checked the lens, itâ€™s a 4.5 to 10mm zoom lens.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2017-01-06	TZ_floor	26.7
2017-01-06	TZ_road	34.9
2017-01-06	TZ_tower	30.5
2017-01-06	VR_pond	22.38

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_South_4 [38] => Floor_East_4 [39] => Floor_West_4 [40] => SoilCO2_4 [41] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [42] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [43] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [44] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [45] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [46] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [47] => 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_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
2017-01-06	6	0	nan	43.1	35.8	44.6	41.1	39.9	37	26.7	29.9	34.3	35.8	33.5	38.2	44.5	43.5	42.6	39	25.5	37.4	35.3	34.7	34.4	35.3	42.9	34.1	39.1	42.1	50.5	41.6	44.1	38.5	34.9	36	37.4	38	37.4	36.8	38.8	56.6	77.2	44.8	42	36	46	47.7	39.4	44.5	51.7	49.1
2017-01-06	6	1	nan	43.1	34.6	43.1	40.6	40.5	36.4	30.5	31.4	34.3	36.4	31.4	37.6	43.9	43.3	43.3	39	39.3	38.1	34.7	34.4	34.7	34.4	42.9	34.4	38.2	43.3	50.5	41	44.1	38	34.6	36	37.1	37.1	37.1	36.6	39.1	50	70	44	42.5	35.7	45.7	48.3	40	44.5	50.3	49.7
2017-01-06	6	2	nan	43.4	34.9	43.4	41	44	36.1	27.9	31.4	33.8	36.1	33.2	38.2	43.6	43.6	43.6	40.2	39.9	38.1	35	34.1	33.5	33.8	42.9	34.4	39.1	43	50.5	40.7	43.5	38.8	34.9	34.3	37.1	38.8	36.3	36.8	38.5	56.3	76.1	44.3	42.3	36	45.4	49.4	39.7	44.8	50	49.4
2017-01-06	6	Avg	0-15cm																																																	0
2017-01-06	6	Avg	15-30cm																																																	0
2017-01-06	6	Avg	30-45cm																																																	0
2017-01-06	6	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
2017-01-06	6	0	nan	35.6	22.3	34.1	14.1	31.6	29.5	24.9	43.3	33.2	18.2	34.3	39.4	43.4	31.4	33.1	34
2017-01-06	6	1	nan	35.5	20.6	33.8	14.1	31.3	28.9	25.5	26.8	32.7	18.2	34.3	34.3	43.4	30.5	34.5	33.4
2017-01-06	6	2	nan	35.2	39.9	33.5	14.1	32.6	29.8	25.5	26.8	32.7	17.6	33.6	34.3	43.7	31.1	33.1	33.1
2017-01-06	6	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2017-01-06	6	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2017-01-06	6	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2017-01-06	6	Avg	45-60cm																	0