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Vaira: 2022-03-24 11:10:00 (DOY 83)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
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Summary: Tress near full leaves, dry ground, standard data collection, removed broken Moisture Point probes

Vaira
2022-03-24

I arrived at about 11:10 PDT. It was clear, sunny and warm with a light breeze from the west. There were some cows around but spread out and now moving around much. There are lots of flowers and some brown looking patches. The trees are almost fully leafed out. The water hole is still almost full but the ground surface is dry and the road is dusty. Some of the more rocky/rutted parts of the road have been “smoothed” with a tractor.

I measured the well level, and collected the met, flux, camera and FD data. There was a small power outage in the early morning on the 20th. Looks like a classic solar power outage, but might be a loose/poor connection when the battery voltage got low and more amps had to flow. Check for loose screws and wire breaks next time.

I removed the three moisture point probes that have been broken for a long while now.
sn 000007933FDE – Near the eddy tower, top and bottom pin broken
sn 00000128B97F3 – Near the solar panels, top and bottom pin broken
sn 00000128BDDE8 – At the biomass fence, one pin broken

I went to the pond – the stream is full. The pond water was very clear and I could see a bunch of 30cm fish. There were also some turkeys below the dam, some Canada geese left when I arrived and more ducks moved to the far end of the pond.

I left at about 12:20 PDT

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2022-03-24	VR_well	53.3
2022-03-24	VR_pond	18.72
2022-03-24	TZ_floor	25.4
2022-03-24	TZ_road	33.65
2022-03-24	TZ_tower	28.9

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

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Date	DOY	Rep	Depth	Tower_1	Floor_South_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	Soil_Transect_4_2	Soil_Transect_3_2	Soil_Transect_2_2	Soil_Transect_1_2	SoilCO2_West_A_2	SoilCO2_West_B_2	Tower_3	Floor_South_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	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	Soil_Transect_4_1	SoilCO2_West_C_2	Floor_South_4	Spacial Count
2022-03-24	83	0	nan	17.3	8.8	13.8	15	10.9	18.8	14.1	8.6	23.1	11.1	11.2	21	21.3	9.7	16.1	7.5	25.8	26.8	15.9	22.1	25.7	25.1	24.6	25.1	18.4	35.7	19.3	27.4	40	23.9	34	25.6	26.2
2022-03-24	83	1	nan	16.5	11.5	13.2	9.1	10.9	19.1	14.4	9.4	22.8	13	12.1	20.6	22.5	10	16.1	7.8	26	27.1	15.6	22.1	26.5	25.7	23.7	24.8	17.6	36.5	19.9	26.8	42.8	23.6	34	25.9	25.6	9.7	17.6	15.3
2022-03-24	83	2	nan								9.4		11.8								27.4							17.9								26.5		17	16.8
2022-03-24	83	Avg	0-15cm																																					0
2022-03-24	83	Avg	15-30cm																																					0
2022-03-24	83	Avg	30-45cm																																					0
2022-03-24	83	Avg	45-60cm																																					0