Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2018-02-07 11:00:00 (DOY 38)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan, Daphne

Summary: Finished new Vaisala co2 profile, tried to install Latte Panda, Installed new well sensor, IRT tripod down - fixed.

Tonzi
2018-02-07

I arrived at about 11am with Siyan and Daphne. It was clear sunny and warm. The pond seem very low for this time of year. The low spots were wet and vehicles had made a mess of the wet spots on the road, but no standing water now. The grass is still growing slowly.

The IRT tripod had fallen over. One leg was broken off and another was damaged. I was able to swap the legs with some from one of the tripods left over from the tram and get the tripod upright again. It seems a little more wobbly than before and Iâ€™m not sure the sensors are in the same locations, but should be close. The data logger was still running and Siyan collected data from it. Hopefully Ana will have some suggestions for improving this installation.

I tried to put a Latte Panda single board computer in the computer box at the base of the tower. I had trouble getting the standoffs installed straight underneath the keyboard tray and then worried about having enough power for the computer and screen. I need another 12V converter. Also need to rewire the power connections inside the solar controller box.

Daphne installed the last Vaisala GMP343, sn N2220008, at the top location and a CR6 (sn 2113) in the box at the second level of the tower. This got the new co2 profile system running. Daphne also moved the power strip from the old eddy box at the top of the tower to the met box there. Then removed the now empty eddy box.

I added the new Decagon CTD-10 well sensor sn 1260403156 to the well near the floor tower. The sensor is about 11.1m below the top of the white pipe. I put a bolt into the side of the pipe 10cm below the top that the cable restraint can hang on â€“ change to an eye-bolt next time. The extra cable hangs back down the well and exits the well after the splice through a hole in the well pipe near the concrete slab. The Teflon covered vent hole is inside the well pipe. The extension cable runs to the old eddy box on the floor tower and is connected to the CR200 there that is used to control the zcam. This cable needs some split loom to protect it from chewing. I did not have the zcam program for the CR200 and the CR200 does not store an un-complied version. Since the trees are bare now I decided to overwrite the zcam program and start collecting data from the well sensor. I uploaded a new program and the data looked reasonable. We accidentally cleared the Global Water well data before collecting it so no data from that sensor for the last few weeks, but we will have two weeks of inter-comparison data next time.

Siyan did the soil moisture, wells, dbh, collected the floor data and serviced the zcams. Daphne collected the tower data.

The 7500 read: 410ppm CO2, 573mmol/m3 H2O, 21.6C, 100.1kPa, 100SS

We left around 15:00.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2018-02-07	TZ_floor	27.6
2018-02-07	TZ_road	36.6
2018-02-07	TZ_tower	32.1
2018-02-07	VR_pond	19.52

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
2018-02-07	38	0	nan	34.1	31.7	37.3	37.3	27.6	25.6	21.4	16.5	27.3	25.6	22.9	35.6	41.7	37.1	29.5	28.3	31.3	30.7	19.4	25.5	21.3	31.3	32.4	39.9	40.2	39.1	30.7	32.7	33.2	32.7	35.7	34.3	39.1	39.1	53.1	543	44.8	34.5	43.1	47.1	32.8	44	49.1	48.3
2018-02-07	38	1	nan	32.6	31.7	37.6	37.9	27.6	25.3	22	16.2	25	25.3	25.3	35	42.3	37.8	28.9	28.3	32.3	31.3	18.2	27.1	21.9	31	32.1	41	39.9	39.9	31.5	31.3	33.2	32.4	35.2	34.6	38.2	39.4	56.3	57.2	45.4	34	42.3	47.7	32.2	43.7	50	48
2018-02-07	38	Avg	0-15cm																																													0
2018-02-07	38	Avg	15-30cm																																													0
2018-02-07	38	Avg	30-45cm																																													0
2018-02-07	38	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
2018-02-07	38	0	nan	39.9	19.7	22	19.7	32.6	28.6	31	21.3	33.5	15.4	20.7	41.9	34.8	28.5	21.3	41.4
2018-02-07	38	1	nan	21.4	19.4	22	15.9	33.8	28.9	21.3	24.3	33.5	14	20.4	51.3	35.1	28.5	21.9	37.7
2018-02-07	38	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2018-02-07	38	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2018-02-07	38	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2018-02-07	38	Avg	45-60cm																	0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2018-02-07	1	14.0
2018-02-07	102	9.1
2018-02-07	2	21.4
2018-02-07	245	8.1
2018-02-07	3	14.2
2018-02-07	4	7.5
2018-02-07	5	6.3
2018-02-07	7	20.1
2018-02-07	72	11.1
2018-02-07	79	10.9
2018-02-07	8	23.3