Field Notes

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Other sites visited today: East End | Vaira | Tonzi

Tonzi: 2020-09-29 10:00:00 (DOY 273)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe

Summary: Standard fieldwork, brown leaves have fallen making trees look green again.

When: Date: 9/29/2020 , Day: 272 , Watch Time: 10:00 am .

Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch

Who: Siyan, Joe

Weather: clear, strong smoke smell

Phenology: yellow grassland; last-time brown oak leaves fell at Tonzi

A path with trees on the side of a river Description automatically generatedA close up of a tree Description automatically generated

A tree in the middle of a dry grass field Description automatically generated

Summary

  1. Swapped memory sticks of Licor-7500A. (Joe)
  2. Checked and downloaded phenocam images and met data from PC at three towers. (Joe)
  3. Joe installed a set of anemometer from Aarable at Vaira
  4. Read dendrometers
  5. Measured soil moisture
  6. Measure groundwater well
  7. download GlobalWater data (Joe)
  8. Measure midday water potential of oak leaves
  9. Collect litter samples
  10. Download IRT data (Joe)

Vaira_Grass Site

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

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  1. Checked levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces. (Joe)
  2. Closed gate (Joe)

Tonzi_Tower Site

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

Graphical user interface, table Description automatically generated

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

CR23X3 – floor-Met & soil moisture

CR1000 – tower-Met

Soil CO2 profile: CR23X5 – soil CO2 profile

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  1. CO2 profile system (under construction).

8. closed gate

Toniz_Floor Site

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

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  1. Closed gate (Joe)

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2020-09-29VR_well59.2
2020-09-29TZ_floor30.6
2020-09-29TZ_tower35.2
2020-09-29TZ_road38.3

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
2020-09-29 273 0 0-15cm 3.9 2.2 3.3 3.9 1.8 3 0.9 6.5 3 2.7
2020-09-29 273 0 15-30cm 10 8.8 6 6 12.7 11.2 3.9 6 0.8 11.5
2020-09-29 273 0 30-45cm 13.4 10.1 15.6 9.5 11.2 15 12.9 14.8 9.8 10.9
2020-09-29 273 0 45-60cm 17 4.1 17.3 10.7 17 26.5 12.5 15.9 21 15.9
2020-09-29 273 1 0-15cm 3.3 2.8 3.9 3.9 3 3 0.6 6.5 5.3 1.5
2020-09-29 273 1 15-30cm 10.6 7.8 5.7 6 12.7 11.2 3.5 6.3 0.2 11.2
2020-09-29 273 1 30-45cm 12.6 9.5 11.5 9.8 12 15.4 12.6 15.7 9.2 9.8
2020-09-29 273 1 45-60cm 18.5 2.2 15.6 10.5 14.8 25.6 13.3 15.6 23.4 16.2
2020-09-29 273 Avg 0-15cm 3.6 2.5 3.6 3.9 2.4 3 0.75 6.5 4.15 2.1 3.25 10 20
2020-09-29 273 Avg 15-30cm 10.3 8.3 5.85 6 12.7 11.2 3.7 6.15 0.5 11.35 7.61 10 20
2020-09-29 273 Avg 30-45cm 13 9.8 13.55 9.65 11.6 15.2 12.75 15.25 9.5 10.35 12.07 10 20
2020-09-29 273 Avg 45-60cm 17.75 3.15 16.45 10.6 15.9 26.05 12.9 15.75 22.2 16.05 15.68 10 20

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

Date DOY Rep Depth
Flux_Tower
Biomass_Cage
 Avg
Spacial Count
Measurement Count
2020-09-29 273 0 0-15cm 0.1 0.1
2020-09-29 273 0 15-30cm 6.6 2.9
2020-09-29 273 0 30-45cm 4.2 13.7
2020-09-29 273 0 45-60cm 14.2 16.8
2020-09-29 273 1 0-15cm 0.4 0.1
2020-09-29 273 1 15-30cm 6.9 3.2
2020-09-29 273 1 30-45cm 4.8 14
2020-09-29 273 1 45-60cm 13.6 16.8
2020-09-29 273 Avg 0-15cm 0.25 0.1 0.18 2 4
2020-09-29 273 Avg 15-30cm 6.75 3.05 4.9 2 4
2020-09-29 273 Avg 30-45cm 4.5 13.85 9.18 2 4
2020-09-29 273 Avg 45-60cm 13.9 16.8 15.35 2 4

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

DateTag#Reading (mm)
2020-09-2916.2
2020-09-2925.2
2020-09-2924511.5
2020-09-29315.2
2020-09-2949.0
2020-09-29616.9
2020-09-29719.1
2020-09-29728.9
2020-09-297910.0

Water Potential - mode: raw

TimeSpeciesTreereadings (bar)
2020-09-29 13:28:00 OAK 102 -36 -55 -35
2020-09-29 13:28:00 OAK 35 -49 -44 -32
2020-09-29 13:28:00 OAK 92 -29 -29 -35
2020-09-29 13:44:00 PINE OLD -4 -13 -20
2020-09-29 13:44:00 PINE YNG -15 -1 -6

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

0 photos found

Graphs display:
16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

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11 TZ_soilco2 graphs found

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

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Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

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1 TZ_fflux graphs found

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8 TZ_fmet graphs found

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No data found for TZ_tram.
3 TZ_co2prof graphs found

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1 TZ_irt graphs found

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No data found for TZ_windprof.
1 TZ_tflux graphs found

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2 TZ_sm graphs found

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Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

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Can't check TZVR_mixed
8 TZ_osu graphs found

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3 TZ_fd graphs found

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Tonzi Z-cam data

plot of Tonzi z-cam LAI

plot of Tonzi z-cam gap fration