Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2019-05-30 11:30:00 (DOY 150)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan, Ana

Summary: Still damp from recent rains, fixed FLIR focus, Added Apogee and DFRobot IRTs, regular fieldwork

Tonzi
2019-05-30

I arrived at about 11:30 with Siyan and Ana. Our lock is still out of the loop on the gate. It was sunny and warm. The ground is still damp from the recent rains. There was even a little puddle in the road at the stream crossing. The grass here is still mostly green with lots of flowers.

Ana and I tried to reset the FLIR focus which has been bad for about a month, but the software I had was either incompatible with the A325 camera or didnâ€™t have a function to set the focus. We called FLIR and setup a service request by email. I checked my email before leaving and found a link to a free software called eBUS. Ana had Wes download the software and send it to her Android phone. She was then able to move it to the LattePanda and install it. It was pretty complicated but we finally found at button to reset the focus and all seems well.

Otherwise the LattePanda was running okay. The FLIR images (all blurry) were all on the SSD with default names because the micro SD card was failing and was removed last time out. I was going to put a USB drive on it but ran out of time.

Ana and I set up two Apogee IRTs and two DFRobot IRTs. We installed two near the floor solar panels pointed at the patch of grass to the north. Apogee sn 7385 was installed on a 1m post at the fence line pointing down at an angle of about 30deg giving it a footprint of about 1.23m x 2.5m diameter. DFR sn TS01-001 was install further back near the solar panels at 2m agl pointing down at an angle on 30deg giving it a footprint of about 0.7m x 0.35m. Both were hooked up to the CR10x at the concrete cal panel. One TC was removed from the CR10x, the data was collected and a new program was uploaded. I need to double check that the correct Apogee coefficients are in that program.

Another CR10x sn 47772 with an Apogee sn 7638 and a DFR sn TS01-002 were set up near a tree to the north of the Floor solar panels. The Apogee and DFR are pointed at the trunk of the tree. The Apogee is 40cm from the trunk with about a 20cm diameter footprint. The DFR is 110cm from the trunk with about a 10cm diameter footprint. The CR10X box is off to the southwest and edge on to the FLIR FOV. The CR10X is set up as an SDI-12 sensor for the CR10X at the concrete cal panel. I forgot the power plug for the CR10X so the power is wired directly to the 12V and G ports. All of this is in the view from the FLIR.

Siyan did soil moisture, well depths, midday water potential, DBH, and collected the data from the other data loggers. She also repaired the cow fence around the Tower.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2019-05-30	TZ_floor	13.9
2019-05-30	TZ_tower	18.7
2019-05-30	TZ_road	24.6

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
2019-05-30	150	0	nan	17.6	13.8	14.4	10.9	22.9	19.4	9.4	28.5	21.4	15.3	22.8	25.5	26.6	18.8	28.9	28.9	10	34.3	13	17.4	19.8	39	39.9	17.6	27.1	26.5	20.1	31.3	27.1	30.1	27.4	19.6	41.1	17.9	30.8	38	16.8	30.5	27.1	34.2
2019-05-30	150	1	nan	17.9	13.5	19.1	10.9	22.3	18.5	9.4	28.6	21.4	16.5	21.6	25.2	25.8	18.8	29.8	28.6	9.3	24.3	13.3	27.7	19.8	28.5	39.6	17.3	27.1	27.1	19.8	32.8	26.5	29.9	37.1	19.5	41.4	17.9	31.1	38.9	16.5	30.8	27.6	34.5
2019-05-30	150	Avg	0-15cm																																									0
2019-05-30	150	Avg	15-30cm																																									0
2019-05-30	150	Avg	30-45cm																																									0
2019-05-30	150	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
2019-05-30	150	0	nan	39.9	11.8	8.8	26.4	27.1	17	27.6	12.9	26.2	38	20.8	24.8
2019-05-30	150	1	nan	39.9	12.7	8.6	24.9	26.5	17.6	27.4	13.4	27.1	37.7	21.3	25.4
2019-05-30	150	Avg	0-15cm													0
2019-05-30	150	Avg	15-30cm													0
2019-05-30	150	Avg	30-45cm													0
2019-05-30	150	Avg	45-60cm													0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2019-05-30	1	19.2
2019-05-30	2	13.6
2019-05-30	245	11.8
2019-05-30	3	17.5
2019-05-30	4	6.1
2019-05-30	5	12.9
2019-05-30	7	18.1
2019-05-30	72	8.9
2019-05-30	79	17.5
2019-05-30	8	8.4

Water Potential - mode: raw

Time	Species	Tree	readings (bar)
2019-05-30 13:30:00	OAK	102	-18
2019-05-30 13:30:00	OAK	35	-13	-24	-18
2019-05-30 13:30:00	OAK	92	-27	-20	-25
2019-05-30 13:58:00	PINE	OLD	-2	-15	-3
2019-05-30 13:58:00	PINE	YNG	-2	-2	-2