Field Notes

East End: 2018-09-05 10:55:00 (DOY 248)
Author: Daphne Szutu
Others: Sam, Alex

Summary: Camera theft! Regular data collection/cleaning

2018-09-05
East End

We arrived at 10:55. It was sunny and clear with hazy horizons.

The Phenocam Stardot camera sn 0030F4D214A3 and camera enclosure were stolen with the power cable cut and the ethernet cable disconnected. The datalogger enclosure was open. The ethernet switch was also taken, but everything else seems present. The camera power cable was cut inside the box, but I didnâ€™t see the live cable that I expected. The CR1000 was loose, so I put it back on the mounting plate.

We brought the camera cables and NL115 back to the lab. Alex e-mailed Bryan to report the theft, and I filed a police report with Sacramento County the following day. Based on the photos on the card, the camera was taken on the night of 2018-08-29. As we were leaving, Alex picked up a silver folding pocket knife on the road by the boardwalk.

The water level was 17 cm. The miniDOT was barely in the water, and Sam lowered it.

I collected met, camera, USB GHG and miniDOT data. Sam cleaned the flux and rad sensors.

Looking at the data back in the lab, it looks like we need to check the water level and dissolved oxygen (not the miniDOT) sensor.

LI-7500 readings:
CO2 408ppm
H2O 740ppm
T 21.5C
P 101.3kPa
SS 100-->102

LI7700 readings
CH4 1.97ppm
RSSI 58ppm --> 81ppm after cleaning

We left at 11:20.

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The datalogger enclosure was open. The ethernet switch was taken, along with the camera/enclosure up on the scaffolding, but everything else seems present.