Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2020-01-08 09:30:00 (DOY 8)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe

Summary: Cold and foggy, standard field work, ground water is still low.

When: Date: 1/8/2020 , Day: 8 , Watch Time: 9:30 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan, Joe

Weather: cold, foggy

Phenology:

Summary

Swapped memory sticks of Licor-7500A. (Joe)
Checked and downloaded phenocam images and met data from PC at three towers. (Joe)
Joe checked and calibrated the soil CO2 probes at Tonzi and Vaira (Joe)
Read dendrometers
Measured soil moisture
Measured groundwater well and download GlobalWater data
Collected grass samples for LAI
Took spectrum of Vaira grassland
Downloaded IRT data

Vaira_Grass Site

Fence: electronic on.
Downloaded Phenocam images. (Joe)
Swapped the memory stick of Licor-7500A. (Joe)
Checked the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. (Joe)
Downloaded met data (Joe)

Checked levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces. (Joe)
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. (Joe)
Closed gate and turn on electronic fence. (Joe)

Tonzi_Tower Site

Fence: electronic on.
swapped the memory stick of Licor-7500A. (Joe)

download Phenocam images. (Joe)
checked the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. (Joe)
Checked rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
Screens of met dataloggers:

CR23X3 â€“ floor-Met & soil moisture

CR1000 â€“ tower-Met

Soil CO₂ profile: CR23X5 â€“ soil CO₂ profile

CO2 profile system (under construction).

8. closed gate and turn on electronic fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

Fence: electronic off.
Swapped the memory stick of Licor-7500A. (Joe)

3. IRT

4. Closed gate and turn on electronic fence.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2020-01-08	VR_well	59
2020-01-08	TZ_floor	29.5
2020-01-08	TZ_tower	34.5
2020-01-08	TZ_road	37.9

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
2020-01-08	8	0	nan	20.6	14.7	27.6	13.8	20.9	15	14.1	29.4	25.6	17.3	22.8	19.4	26.1	18.8	30.1	40.8	13.9	24	17.6	28	26	34.1	32.1	20.7	31.3	49.4	27.1	33.8	31.8	35.2	34.2	14.8	42.3	23.5	41.1	44.5	20.8	41.4	48	45.4
2020-01-08	8	1	nan	19.4	14.7	26.4	13.8	21.4	23.2	14.4	28.5	25.8	17.6	22.5	19.4	26.5	18.8	30.4	30.1	13.9	24.3	17	28.2	27.1	34.1	32.1	20.7	30.7	33.8	25.8	32.9	32.4	34.6	34.8	15.3	42	25.7	41.4	45.3	20.8	42.3	48.3	45.1
2020-01-08	8	Avg	0-15cm																																									0
2020-01-08	8	Avg	15-30cm																																									0
2020-01-08	8	Avg	30-45cm																																									0
2020-01-08	8	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
2020-01-08	8	0	nan	49.9	12.5	13	50	42.53	19.4	39.6	38.5	30.1	41.4	15.9	30.2
2020-01-08	8	1	nan	39.5	13.4	13	50	44.8	18.8	22.1	32.4	29.9	41.7	15.6	30.5
2020-01-08	8	Avg	0-15cm													0
2020-01-08	8	Avg	15-30cm													0
2020-01-08	8	Avg	30-45cm													0
2020-01-08	8	Avg	45-60cm													0

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)
2020-01-08	1	21.9
2020-01-08	102	14.3
2020-01-08	2	14.1
2020-01-08	245	12.0
2020-01-08	3	21.0
2020-01-08	4	6.5
2020-01-08	5	15.5
2020-01-08	7	18.9
2020-01-08	72	5.5
2020-01-08	79	19.0
2020-01-08	8	7.1