Field Notes

Mayberry: 2017-03-15 10:20:00 (DOY 74)
Author: Daphne Szutu
Others: Elke Eichelmann, Kyle Hemes

Summary: Data collection/cleaning, wash reservoir pump not working, goats on levee road

2017-03-15
Mayberry

We arrived at 10:20. It was cool, mostly overcast, light breeze. Goats were grazing on the levee road. We drove slowly along the levee road and herded them to the other side of their fence.

At our tower, we are starting to see tule emerging roughly 1 m tall in most spots.

We collected met, USB GHG, camera, miniDOT, and Hobo daa and cleaned the radiation and EC sensors.

LI7500 readings:
CO2 422.1 umol/mol
H2O 590.2 mmol/m3
T 16.3 Celsius
P 102.3 kPa
SS 102.5 -> 102.7 after cleaning

LI7700 readings:
CH4: 1.97
RSSI: 21.3 -> 78.0 after cleaning

The wash reservoir was still completely full. We tested the wash cycle: the spin works but no water was coming out. The pump sounds like it is working, but even when the tube is disconnected at the box, no water is coming out of the box outlet. Something is probably wrong with the pump. There was also many wasps in the reservoir box.

We left at 10:50.

3 photos found

20170315MB_goatsonleveeroad2.jpg ( 2017-03-15 00:00:00 ) Full size: 810x1440
Goats on the levee road on the way to Mayberry Wetland.