Field Notes

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Other sites visited today: Vaira

Tonzi: 2019-03-11 11:30:00 (DOY 70)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan, Ana

Summary: Regular fieldwork, green and wet, SMAP crew left wheel tracks, added new computer and radios, cleaned acorns out of JPL boxes, evidence of wild pigs, Ana made distance measurements from FLIR

Tonzi
2019-03-11

I arrived at about 11:30 with Ana and Siyan. The road was wet and muddy with lots of wheel tracks from the SMAP crew coming and going over the last few days. They also left several tacks off the edge of the road where is passes the Tower. One tree near Irish Hill Rd and the one near Mr Tonziâ€™s house had some leaves. The pond is full and the ground is soggy. I saw places where algae maybe grew in a puddle but was now on the wet ground.

I lowered the computer box a little on the tower and put in a new box above it. The new box has a LattePanda with a touch screen. The new computer has a battery to keep its clock running on power out and should restart itself every Monday at 8:15. It powered up and connect to the FLIR and the Tower top CR1000 over Ethernet. I put a radio (sn 34362) in the box and connected to OSU-SP2 CR1000. I downloaded all the data from SP2 over the radio link and left it set up to grab new data every 5min. I put a radio (sn 35754) in the SP3 box and was able to connect to it too. I tried to download just the 30min data from it but only got the last two days. So far it looks okay but still needs some set up work.

I collected the Tower and Floor eddy data. Ana took some measurements to get distances for the FLIR field of view. She also collected data from the cal panels and the IRT system. Siyan collected the rest of the data, did the regular fieldwork and serviced the z-cams.

I cleaned several hundred acorns out of the JPL spectrometer boxes and stuffed some foam in the holes.

I left the solar charger controller box open but got lucky and Ruzbeh from SMAP was there later in the day and closed it for me.

There was some disturbed ground around the base of some trees to the southeast of the tower past the DBH trees C7 and C8. I think it was possibly wild pigs.

I forgot the tags from the DBH trees.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2019-03-11	VR_well	49.7
2019-03-11	TZ_floor	18.4
2019-03-11	TZ_tower	21.2
2019-03-11	TZ_road	25.6
2019-03-11	VR_pond	22.38

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower [1] => Floor_South [2] => Floor_West [3] => Soil_Transect_4 [4] => Soil_Transect_3 [5] => Soil_Transect_2 [6] => Soil_Transect_1 [7] => SoilCO2_West_A [8] => SoilCO2_West_B [9] => SoilCO2_West_C )

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Tower	Floor_South	Floor_West	Soil_Transect_4	Soil_Transect_3	Soil_Transect_2	Soil_Transect_1	SoilCO2_West_A	SoilCO2_West_B	SoilCO2_West_C	Avg	Spacial Count	Measurement Count
2019-03-11	70	0	0-15cm	41.7	36.8	43.7	35.5	25.8	28.2	32.6	39.3	38.2	37
2019-03-11	70	0	15-30cm	42.9	45.1	36.5	39.5	33.2	34.1	31.6	31.6	24	34.4
2019-03-11	70	0	30-45cm	37.7	44.6	42.1	40.2	34.1	36.6	36.6	37.4	41	39.9
2019-03-11	70	0	45-60cm	43	55.4	46.3	36.2	45.6	49.4	40.3	46.8	51.4	43.8
2019-03-11	70	1	0-15cm	42.6	35.8	41.4	37	26.4	27.3	32.3	32	37.3	36.4
2019-03-11	70	1	15-30cm	42.6	45.1	36.2	42.3	32.4	33.5	31.6	31.3	29.8	32.9
2019-03-11	70	1	30-45cm	37.4	43	40.7	42.4	33.5	36	36.3	37.4	42.4	38.6
2019-03-11	70	1	45-60cm	42	54.6	44.8	45.4	46	48.3	40.8	47.4	52.8	50.6
2019-03-11	70	Avg	0-15cm	42.15	36.3	42.55	36.25	26.1	27.75	32.45	35.65	37.75	36.7	35.37	10	20
2019-03-11	70	Avg	15-30cm	42.75	45.1	36.35	40.9	32.8	33.8	31.6	31.45	26.9	33.65	35.53	10	20
2019-03-11	70	Avg	30-45cm	37.55	43.8	41.4	41.3	33.8	36.3	36.45	37.4	41.7	39.25	38.9	10	20
2019-03-11	70	Avg	45-60cm	42.5	55	45.55	40.8	45.8	48.85	40.55	47.1	52.1	47.2	46.55	10	20

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes VR
Array ( [0] => Solar_Panels [1] => Flux_Tower [2] => Biomass_Cage )

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Solar_Panels	Flux_Tower	Biomass_Cage	Avg	Spacial Count	Measurement Count
2019-03-11	70	0	0-15cm	39.9	25	22.9
2019-03-11	70	0	15-30cm	27.1	31.9	22.2
2019-03-11	70	0	30-45cm	31.8	23.5	32.9
2019-03-11	70	0	45-60cm	42	27.9	33.7
2019-03-11	70	1	0-15cm	32.3	25	22.9
2019-03-11	70	1	15-30cm	27.4	30.7	22.5
2019-03-11	70	1	30-45cm	31.5	21.8	32.7
2019-03-11	70	1	45-60cm	42.5	26.5	34
2019-03-11	70	Avg	0-15cm	36.1	25	22.9	28	3	6
2019-03-11	70	Avg	15-30cm	27.25	31.3	22.35	26.97	3	6
2019-03-11	70	Avg	30-45cm	31.65	22.65	32.8	29.03	3	6
2019-03-11	70	Avg	45-60cm	42.25	27.2	33.85	34.43	3	6

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2019-03-11	1	13.4
2019-03-11	102	18.8
2019-03-11	2	12.3
2019-03-11	245	10.0
2019-03-11	3	13.1
2019-03-11	4	4.9
2019-03-11	5	12.0
2019-03-11	7	9.9
2019-03-11	72	18.9
2019-03-11	79	15.7
2019-03-11	8	7.8