Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2010-10-07 11:30:00 (DOY 280)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan, Sonia

Summary: Show Sonia the towers, regular maintenance, fixed chewed z-cam 1 wire.

Tonzi
10/7/2010

I arrived about 11:30 with Siyan and Sonia. It was warm and sunny with a few high clouds and a light cool breezy. The trees are yellower that last month, but still relatively green. A little evidence of rain in pocked marked dust on the boxes and enclosures, but probably not much.

I swapped the LI7500 for Siyan. Sn 0065 went on the Tower and sn 0073 came off. I straightened the bird spikes on the sonic. Sn 0041 went on the Floor and sn 0042 came off.

On my way up the tower to swap the LI7500, the CO2 profile pump was not running. I banged it a few times with a screw driver and it started to run and continued to run until we left about 2:30. I need to order some new ones.

I serviced the z-cams swapping cards and washing the glass dirty from a little rain. The cable to z-cam 1 had been chewed in two places. I cut out the chewed section and spliced it back together. Looks like we only lost one day of photos on Oct 6, 2010.

I picked out set five of Jaclyn’s photo degradation samples along the north side of the tram.

The tram was running. Motors might be sounding a little noisy. Probably should order some spares. The PAR sensors were tilted about 20 degrees. The upward facing one was tilted to face the west the bottom one was tilted to face the east. I corrected them and added some electrical tape to try to prevent reoccurrence, but I should probably rework the mounts this winter.

I downloaded data from the IRT sensors. The battery was just at 12V probably need to swap it out next month.

The sap flow stations were reporting except for CR10X13 to the east on trees 5 and 6. This one had lost its program and would only connect intermittently and throwing errors. I probably need to swap it out next time.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2010-10-07TZ_floor28.04
2010-10-07TZ_road36.9
2010-10-07TZ_tower32.78

No TZ Moisture Point data found

No VR Moisture Point data found

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

No TZ Tree DBH found

Water Potential - mode: raw

TimeSpeciesTreereadings (bar)
2010-10-07 11:54:00 OAK UNKNOWN -55.5 -51 -32 -54 -55.5 -49.5
2010-10-07 11:54:00 PINE UNKNOWN -10 -5 -12 -4 -20

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

34 photos found

CR10X wiring for East sap flow site
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CR10X wiring for East sap flow site

CR10X wiring for East sap flow site
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CR10X wiring for East sap flow site

PAR sensors twisted on the radiometer tram
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PAR sensors twisted on the radiometer tram

Looking up at the Tower top
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Looking up at the Tower top

View of the oak savanna with dead grass
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass

View of the oak savanna with dead grass
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass

View of the oak savanna with dead grass
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass

View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer

View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer

View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer

View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass and cow waterer

View of the oak savanna with dead grass and Tonzi pond
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass and Tonzi pond

View of the oak savanna with dead grass and Tonzi pond
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View of the oak savanna with dead grass and Tonzi pond

Siyan working on the Tower computer
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Siyan working on the Tower computer

Siyan at Tonzi, brown grass, green trees
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Siyan at Tonzi, brown grass, green trees

Brown grass and breen trees at Tonzi
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Brown grass and breen trees at Tonzi

Brown grass and green trees at Tonzi
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Brown grass and green trees at Tonzi

Brown grass and green trees at Tonzi
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Brown grass and green trees at Tonzi

Siyan checking the calibration gas tanks at Tonzi
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Siyan checking the calibration gas tanks at Tonzi

The radiometer tram and under-story eddy tower at Tonzi
TZ_022.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:17:14 ) Full size: 1944x2592
The radiometer tram and under-story eddy tower at Tonzi

Radiometer tram and tram car
TZ_025.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:17:56 ) Full size: 1944x2592
Radiometer tram and tram car

The Floor eddy tower at Tonzi
TZ_029.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:19:35 ) Full size: 1944x2592
The Floor eddy tower at Tonzi

Temporary under-story RH/T sensor and net radiation
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Temporary under-story RH/T sensor and net radiation

Siyan doing manual Moisture Point soil measurements
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Siyan doing manual Moisture Point soil measurements

Temporary Floor net radiation and PAR sensors
TZ_051.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:34:27 ) Full size: 1944x2592
Temporary Floor net radiation and PAR sensors

Big tree near soil CO2 measurements
TZ_056.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:37:06 ) Full size: 2592x1944
Big tree near soil CO2 measurements

Moisture Point logger and probe
TZ_058.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:38:07 ) Full size: 2592x1944
Moisture Point logger and probe

Manual dendrometer on tree trunk
TZ_059.jpg ( 2010-10-07 19:46:19 ) Full size: 2592x1944
Manual dendrometer on tree trunk

Measuring water level in the well
TZ_064.jpg ( 2010-10-07 20:11:15 ) Full size: 2592x1944
Measuring water level in the well

Another manual dendrometer on tree trunk
TZ_067.jpg ( 2010-10-07 20:13:51 ) Full size: 2592x1944
Another manual dendrometer on tree trunk

View of the Tonzi Tower
TZ_069.jpg ( 2010-10-07 20:16:05 ) Full size: 1944x2592
View of the Tonzi Tower

Making leaf water potential measurements
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Making leaf water potential measurements

Making leaf water potential measurements
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Making leaf water potential measurements

View of the Tonzi Tower
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View of the Tonzi Tower

Graphs display:
16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower Met: Temperature and Power in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower Met: Solar Radiation in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower Met: IRT Sensors in a new window

Explore the graph:LED Sensor Incoming in a new window

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Explore the graph:4-Band Solar Radiation in a new window

Explore the graph:Air Temperature Profile in a new window

Explore the graph:Relativity Humidity Profile in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower PRI in a new window

Explore the graph:SRS PRI/NDVI in a new window

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11 TZ_soilco2 graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Open (East) CO2 in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) CO2 in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Open (East) Temperatures in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) Temperatures in a new window

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Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Power and Temperature in a new window

Explore the graph:Tree 2 Soil CO2 in a new window

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Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi PPT in a new window

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No data found for TZ_fflux.
No data found for TZ_fmet.
1 TZ_tram graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tram Incoming PAR in a new window

3 TZ_co2prof graphs found

Explore the graph:Tower CO2 Profile Concentrations in a new window

Explore the graph:Tower CO2 Profile Cell Pressure in a new window

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No data found for TZ_irt.
No data found for TZ_windprof.
No data found for TZ_tflux.
2 TZ_sm graphs found

Explore the graph:Floor Solar Radiations in a new window

Explore the graph:TZ Soil Moisture in a new window

Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

Explore the graph:Floor and Tower RH in a new window

Can't check TZVR_mixed
No data found for TZ_osu.
No data found for TZ_fd.
Tonzi Z-cam data

plot of Tonzi z-cam LAI

plot of Tonzi z-cam gap fration