Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2018-06-05 10:00:00 (DOY 156)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe, Ana, Miriam

Summary: Replaced VR soil co2 batteries, thermal camera work at TZ, standard fieldwork, grass samples, midday water potential.

When: Date: 6/5/2018 , Day: 155 , Watch Time: 10:00 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan, Joe, Ana, Miriam

Weather: clear, sunny

Phenology: grasses died out

Summary

Thermal camera installed (Miriam, Ana, Joe)
Swapped memory sticks of Licor-7500A. (Joe)
Checked and downloaded phenocam images and met data from PC at three towers. (Joe)
Read dendrometers
Measured soil moisture
Measure groundwater well
Download GlobalWater data (Joe)
Measure midday water potential of oak leaves
Collect grass samples for ANPP
Spectrum of Vaira grassland
Download IRT data (Joe)

Vaira_Grass Site

Fence worked.
Downloaded Phenocam images. (Joe)
Swapped the memory stick of Licor-7500A. (Joe)
Checked the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. (Joe)
Downloaded met data (Joe)

Screen shot of Vaira LI-7500 status window

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! (Joe)
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES! (Joe)
Closed gate and set up fence. YES! (Joe)

Tonzi_Tower Site

Fence worked.
swapped the memory stick of Licor-7500A. (Joe)

Screen shot of Floor LI-7500 status window

download Phenocam images. Yes! (Joe)
Joe swapped a new fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensor on the tower.
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES! (Joe)
Screens of met dataloggers:

CR23X3 floor-Met & soil moisture

CR1000 tower-Met

Soil CO₂ profile: CR23X5 soil CO₂ profile

Screen shot of floor met data logger table

Screen shot of soil co2 data logger table

Screen shot of tower met data logger table

7. closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

Fence worked.
Swapped the memory stick of Licor-7500A. (Joe)

Screen shot of Tower LI-7500 status window

Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2018-06-05	TZ_floor	19.3
2018-06-05	TZ_road	28
2018-06-05	TZ_tower	23.3

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_C_2 [21] => Tower_3 [22] => Floor_South_3 [23] => Floor_East_3 [24] => Floor_West_3 [25] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [26] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [27] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [28] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [29] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [30] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [31] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [32] => Tower_4 [33] => Floor_South_4 [34] => Floor_East_4 [35] => Floor_West_4 [36] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [37] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [38] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [39] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [40] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [41] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [42] => 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_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
2018-06-05	156	0	nan	6.2	0.1	12.7	11.1	1	0.6	5.1	0.3	13.2	8	4.7	13	10.3	11.2	10.8	9.7	15.5	13	5.1	9.2	12.7	15.9	14.3	13.7	14.3	10.1	15.6	18.7	15.8	18.4	15.9	14.3	20.5	17.9	17	21.8	13.9	17.3	31.4	13.6	19.3	20.8	25.4
2018-06-05	156	1	nan	6.5	1.9	13.2	9.7	1.2	0.4	5	0.6	13.2	7.4	5	13	10.3	12.1	10.3	10	15.8	13.2	5.1	9.2	12.7	16.5	14.3	14.3	13.4	10.1	16.2	18.7	15.4	17.3	15.9	13.7	20.2	17.9	17	21.9	13.9	17.9	31.2	14.2	19.4	18.5	24.8
2018-06-05	156	Avg	0-15cm																																												0
2018-06-05	156	Avg	15-30cm																																												0
2018-06-05	156	Avg	30-45cm																																												0
2018-06-05	156	Avg	45-60cm																																												0

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Flux_Tower_1 [1] => Gate_1 [2] => Biomass_Cage_1 [3] => Solar_Panels_2 [4] => Flux_Tower_2 [5] => Gate_2 [6] => Biomass_Cage_2 [7] => Solar_Panels_3 [8] => Flux_Tower_3 [9] => Gate_3 [10] => Biomass_Cage_3 [11] => Solar_Panels_4 [12] => Flux_Tower_4 [13] => Gate_4 [14] => Biomass_Cage_4 [15] => Solar_Panels_1 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	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	Solar_Panels_1	Spacial Count
2018-06-05	156	0	nan	1.2	10	2.4	9.3	9.3	5.7	7.5	14	5.3	7	16.5	29.4	15.9	20.6	19.9
2018-06-05	156	1	nan	0.9	9.7	3.3	9	9.3	5.7	7.5	14.5	4.2	7.6	17	37.4	15.8	21.3	19.3	6.8
2018-06-05	156	Avg	0-15cm																	0
2018-06-05	156	Avg	15-30cm																	0
2018-06-05	156	Avg	30-45cm																	0
2018-06-05	156	Avg	45-60cm																	0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2018-06-05	1	22.0
2018-06-05	102	10.8
2018-06-05	2	22.3
2018-06-05	245	9.1
2018-06-05	3	18.9
2018-06-05	4	9.1
2018-06-05	5	8.0
2018-06-05	7	21.2
2018-06-05	72	15.2
2018-06-05	79	12.5
2018-06-05	8	19.0

Water Potential - mode: raw

Time	Species	Tree	readings (bar)
2018-06-05 13:00:00	OAK	102	-7	-12	-18
2018-06-05 13:00:00	OAK	35	-25	-31	-30
2018-06-05 13:00:00	OAK	92	-10	-30	-18
2018-06-05 13:21:00	PINE	OLD	-15	-20	-19
2018-06-05 13:21:00	PINE	YNG	-3	-3	-4