Field Notes

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Vaira: 2021-09-01 10:55:00 (DOY 244)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
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Summary: Trees starting to turn yellow-brown, swapped 7500, air quality seemed good but smoke from Caldor fire on horizon

Vaira
2021-09-01

I arrived at 10:55 PDT. It was clear sunny and warm. There was a cool breeze from the west that seemed to keep most of the smoke away – I could see a smoke plume from the Caldor fire near Tahoe on the horizon. Otherwise the sky was bright blue and I could see a crescent moon. The trees have started to turn yellow-brown at the edges. There are still a few cows around. I went to the pond – the water level continues to go down.

I did the well and soil moisture measurements.

I swapped the 7500, sn 0065 came off and sn 0042 went on. New config was uploaded, pressure coefficients updated and 7550 reset.
0065 read: 404.3ppm CO2, 465.7mmol/m3 H2O, 99.0kPa, 26.0C, 111.4SS
0042 read: 411.3ppm CO2, 470.3mmol/m3 H2O, 99.0kPa, 23.3C, 100.8SS

I collected the met, FD, camera, and flux data – all seemed well. I cleaned the radiometers – not too dirty.

I was hoping to test the two Ethernet line that run between the eddy tower and the met tower but forgot my tools. One line runs into the camera case and probably is still good but will have to have the connector cut off to get it out of the camera case. The other line has had its connector cut off and is just hanging out near the camera case. This one might have been bad and was replaced by the other one.

I went to the pond.

I left at 12:00 PDT

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2021-09-01VR_well60
2021-09-01VR_pond12.88
2021-09-01TZ_floor32
2021-09-01TZ_road39.7
2021-09-01TZ_tower36.7

mode = both
Moisture Point Probes TZ
Array ( [0] => Tower [1] => Soil_Transect_4 [2] => Soil_Transect_3 [3] => Soil_Transect_2 [4] => Soil_Transect_1 [5] => SoilCO2_West_A [6] => SoilCO2_West_B [7] => SoilCO2_West_C )

Date DOY Rep Depth
Tower
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
2021-09-01 244 0 0-15cm 2.1 4.6 0.1 2.4 1.2 7.1 3 3.3
2021-09-01 244 0 15-30cm 10.6 4.2 12.7 11.5 3.2 5.7 1.4 11.2
2021-09-01 244 0 30-45cm 13.4 9.5 12.3 15.4 12.6 14.8 14 10.9
2021-09-01 244 0 45-60cm 18.8 10.2 19.9 25.9 13 15.9 7.9 11.6
2021-09-01 244 1 0-15cm 2.7 6.6 0.1 2.1 1.8 6.5 3.6 2.7
2021-09-01 244 1 15-30cm 11.2 6.3 12.1 10.6 3.2 5.7 1.7 11.2
2021-09-01 244 1 30-45cm 14 9.2 10.6 15.9 12.9 14.5 13.7 10.3
2021-09-01 244 1 45-60cm 18.2 10.5 20.2 26.5 12.8 15.6 9.9 11.3
2021-09-01 244 Avg 0-15cm 2.4 5.6 0.1 2.25 1.5 6.8 3.3 3 3.12 8 16
2021-09-01 244 Avg 15-30cm 10.9 5.25 12.4 11.05 3.2 5.7 1.55 11.2 7.66 8 16
2021-09-01 244 Avg 30-45cm 13.7 9.35 11.45 15.65 12.75 14.65 13.85 10.6 12.75 8 16
2021-09-01 244 Avg 45-60cm 18.5 10.35 20.05 26.2 12.9 15.75 8.9 11.45 15.51 8 16

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
2021-09-01 244 0 0-15cm 0.1 1
2021-09-01 244 0 15-30cm 6 3.2
2021-09-01 244 0 30-45cm 3.4 12.3
2021-09-01 244 0 45-60cm 11.9 15.3
2021-09-01 244 1 0-15cm 0.1 0.4
2021-09-01 244 1 15-30cm 5.4 3.2
2021-09-01 244 1 30-45cm 2.8 10.9
2021-09-01 244 1 45-60cm 11.3 15.3
2021-09-01 244 Avg 0-15cm 0.1 0.7 0.4 2 4
2021-09-01 244 Avg 15-30cm 5.7 3.2 4.45 2 4
2021-09-01 244 Avg 30-45cm 3.1 11.6 7.35 2 4
2021-09-01 244 Avg 45-60cm 11.6 15.3 13.45 2 4

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

No VR Tree DBH found

No water potential data found

No VR Grass Biomass data found

No VR OakLeaves Biomass data found

No VR PineNeedles Biomass data found

0 photos found

Graphs display:
9 sets found

16 VR_met graphs found

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Explore the graph:Soil Temperatures Set 1 in a new window

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Explore the graph:Soil Moisture in a new window

Explore the graph:Photosynthetic Active Radiation in a new window

Explore the graph:Short/Long Wave Radiation in a new window

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Explore the graph:Vaira PPT in a new window

Explore the graph:Peltier SHF Plates in a new window

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2 VR_flux graphs found

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2 VR_soilco2 graphs found

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2 VR_pond graphs found

Explore the graph:Pond Level and Rain in a new window

Explore the graph:Vaira Pond Temperatures in a new window

Can't check TZVR_mixed
3 VR_fd graphs found

Explore the graph:Varia Forced Diffusion Soil CO2 Flux in a new window

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4 VR_processed graphs found

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4 VR_arable graphs found

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No data found for VR_soilvue.