Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2017-03-02 10:30:00 (DOY 61)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: Moved MD9 units around, zcam 3 fell over - fixed, brought in Campbell wireless link, fixed IRT ground sensor mount.

Tonzi
2017-03-02

I arrived with Siyan about 10:30. The pond is about as full as Iâ€™ve seen it. The low spots were soggy. A bunch of young cows around. The grass is green but some of it looks gray or brown like it got frosted. No leaves on trees yet.

I tried to connect the Floor flux system to the Tower. I removed the MD9 base unit from the Floor system and moved it to the soil moisture box near the Tower. There I disconnected the line to the Tower and put the base unit on that end. I removed remote unit #2 from the box where the soil temperature AM25T is and move it to the Floor in place of where the base unit was. I was able to connect to the MD9 network with the laptop, but could not connect with the Tower computer. It may be that I need more than three pins for the RS232 connection. I left things as they were and will test MD9 units in the lab. Also it might not be possible to connect a CR1000 to a MD9 network.

The soil co2 system was not connecting over the wireless units. I restarted the units, the data logger and the tower computer with no success. I remove sn 21520 from the soil co2 box and sn 21519 from the Tower computer box and brought the units into the lab for testing. I was hoping to use them at Vaira for the pond and connect the TZ soil co2 system with the MD9 network.

Zcam #3 near the Floor tower had fallen over due to its wooden stake rotting. I pounded in a small metal fence post and strapped the wooded stake to it.

I fixed a broken wire on the soil co2 fence.

The ground IRT sensor was knocked out of its mount. I remounted it. The tree IRT sensor looks a little off center â€“ I will need a latter to adjust it. The tree has a bunch of mistletoe in it.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2017-03-02	TZ_floor	14.3
2017-03-02	TZ_road	27.1
2017-03-02	TZ_tower	16.8
2017-03-02	VR_pond	22.26

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower_1 [1] => Floor_South_1 [2] => Floor_East_1 [3] => Floor_West_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] => Tower_2 [12] => Floor_South_2 [13] => Floor_East_2 [14] => Floor_West_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] => Tower_3 [23] => Floor_South_3 [24] => Floor_East_3 [25] => Floor_West_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] => Tower_4 [34] => Floor_South_4 [35] => Floor_East_4 [36] => Floor_West_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	Tower_1	Floor_South_1	Floor_East_1	Floor_West_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	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	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	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
2017-03-02	61	0	nan	39.3	27.6	39.9	38.2	36.1	21.4	28.5	36.4	35.2	34.9	35.5	41.7	43.6	38.4	40.8	33.5	32.6	32.3	25.2	31.3	25.8	32.6	38.6	43.5	39.6	42.4	36.3	32.4	37.7	35.7	36.6	39.1	39.9	40	56.6	41.4	45.1	35.1	45.4	48.3	37.7	45.4	51.4	48.6
2017-03-02	61	1	nan	38.4	24.7	39.9	38.2	35.2	21.4	27.6	35.8	36.1	34.3	36.4	42.3	43.9	39.9	41.4	32.3	31.9	32.3	24.9	31.6	25.9	33.2	38.5	42.7	39.6	43.3	36.6	32.7	36.6	36.3	36.6	39.4	39.4	38.8	56.3	41.4	45.4	35.7	45.7	49.4	36.2	45	51.1	49.1
2017-03-02	61	Avg	0-15cm																																													0
2017-03-02	61	Avg	15-30cm																																													0
2017-03-02	61	Avg	30-45cm																																													0
2017-03-02	61	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
2017-03-02	61	0	nan	30.2	21.2	31.4	9.7	29.5	34.4	19.1	21.6	36.8	24.8	24.6	32.1	38.2	19.1	21.6	32.6
2017-03-02	61	1	nan	29.7		31.1	9.1	29.8	32.4	19.4	21.3	36.8	23.9	24	31.3	38.5	20.8	21.9	33.7
2017-03-02	61	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2017-03-02	61	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2017-03-02	61	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2017-03-02	61	Avg	45-60cm																	0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2017-03-02	1	25.5
2017-03-02	102	23.0
2017-03-02	2	19.9
2017-03-02	245	23.3
2017-03-02	3	23.9
2017-03-02	4	20.0
2017-03-02	5	21.1
2017-03-02	7	17.7
2017-03-02	72	23.5
2017-03-02	79	22.8
2017-03-02	8	21.0