Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2019-04-16 10:00:00 (DOY 106)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe, Jiangong

Summary: Wet from last night's rain, Trees have leaves - first midday water potential of the season

When: Date: 4/16/2019, Watch Time: 10:00 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan, Joe, Jiangong

Weather: cloudy

Phenology: green grassland; oak leaves come out and expanding; grasses have single stem.

Summary

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 and download GlobalWater data
Measure midday water potential of oak leaves
Collect grass samples for LAI
Spectrum of Vaira grassland
Download IRT data

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. YES!
Downloaded met data (Joe)
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)
download Phenocam images. Yes! (Joe)
checked the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES! (Joe)
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
Download data from the dataloggers: Soil CO₂ profile: CR23X5 â€“ soil CO₂ profile; CR200-groundwater; road-groundwater
CO2 profile system (Joe)

8. closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

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

3. IRT

Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2019-04-16	VR_well	48.35
2019-04-16	TZ_floor	13.7
2019-04-16	TZ_tower	17.1
2019-04-16	TZ_road	23.65
2019-04-16	VR_pond	21.83

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower_1 [1] => Floor_South_1 [2] => Floor_West_1 [3] => Soil_Transect_4_1 [4] => Soil_Transect_3_1 [5] => Soil_Transect_2_1 [6] => Soil_Transect_1_1 [7] => SoilCO2_West_A_1 [8] => SoilCO2_West_B_1 [9] => SoilCO2_West_C_1 [10] => Tower_2 [11] => Floor_South_2 [12] => Floor_West_2 [13] => Soil_Transect_4_2 [14] => Soil_Transect_3_2 [15] => Soil_Transect_2_2 [16] => Soil_Transect_1_2 [17] => SoilCO2_West_A_2 [18] => SoilCO2_West_B_2 [19] => SoilCO2_West_C_2 [20] => Tower_3 [21] => Floor_South_3 [22] => Floor_West_3 [23] => Soil_Transect_4_3 [24] => Soil_Transect_3_3 [25] => Soil_Transect_2_3 [26] => Soil_Transect_1_3 [27] => SoilCO2_West_A_3 [28] => SoilCO2_West_B_3 [29] => SoilCO2_West_C_3 [30] => Tower_4 [31] => Floor_South_4 [32] => Floor_West_4 [33] => Soil_Transect_4_4 [34] => Soil_Transect_3_4 [35] => Soil_Transect_2_4 [36] => Soil_Transect_1_4 [37] => SoilCO2_West_A_4 [38] => SoilCO2_West_B_4 [39] => SoilCO2_West_C_4 )

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Tower_1	Floor_South_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_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_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_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
2019-04-16	106	0	nan	38.2	33.5	54	27	26.7	28.5	31.4	37	34.1	28.2	34.7	49	33.2	30.7	30.1	31	17.6	27.1	21.3	29.5	35.7	42.7	41	31.5	28.8	32.1	31.3	33.5	32.9	38	42.5	55.7	57.2	35.1	41.7	48	31.4	46.8	50.3	48.3
2019-04-16	106	1	nan	37.9	32.6	39.9	25.6	26.7	28.8	30.2	37.3	33.8	27.9	34.7	32.9	32.6	30.4	30.1	30.7	17.6	27.4	21.6	30.1	36	41.9	41.6	31.3	29	33.2	31.6	33.2	33.2	37.7	43.4	56.3	44.5	35.7	43.1	48.6	30.2	44.8	49.4	48.8
2019-04-16	106	Avg	0-15cm																																									0
2019-04-16	106	Avg	15-30cm																																									0
2019-04-16	106	Avg	30-45cm																																									0
2019-04-16	106	Avg	45-60cm																																									0

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

0000

Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Solar_Panels_1	Flux_Tower_1	Biomass_Cage_1	Solar_Panels_2	Flux_Tower_2	Biomass_Cage_2	Solar_Panels_3	Flux_Tower_3	Biomass_Cage_3	Solar_Panels_4	Flux_Tower_4	Biomass_Cage_4	Spacial Count
2019-04-16	106	0	nan	18.2	15.3	19.4	24.3	34.7	19.1	27.1	19.3	27.6	40.5	55.1	28.2
2019-04-16	106	1	nan	23.5	24.7	19.1	23.7	24.9	18.2	27.1	18.7	27.9	40	51.7	28.8
2019-04-16	106	Avg	0-15cm													0
2019-04-16	106	Avg	15-30cm													0
2019-04-16	106	Avg	30-45cm													0
2019-04-16	106	Avg	45-60cm													0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2019-04-16	1	15.0
2019-04-16	102	18.8
2019-04-16	2	12.4
2019-04-16	245	11.0
2019-04-16	3	13.4
2019-04-16	4	5.0
2019-04-16	5	11.9
2019-04-16	7	21.0
2019-04-16	72	19.9
2019-04-16	79	15.8
2019-04-16	8	7.9