Field Notes

Bouldin Alfalfa: 2023-05-17 13:45:00 (DOY 137)
Author: Daphne Szutu
Others: Robert

Summary: Regular data collection/cleaning, field getting raked/baled

2023-05-17
Bouldin Alfalfa

Robert and I arrived at 13:45 PDT. It was breezy, sunny, and warm.

The field was in the process of getting raked and baled when we arrived. The raker was almost done with the whole field and the baler was maybe 1/4 of the way through the field. We waited a few minutes by the side of the road on the northeast corner of the field. When the baler drove by our corner, Robert hopped out and asked him if there was a good place for us to park on the field without being in the way. The baler told him the "third row" by the PL Arable would be ok since the raker had already been there. The baler moved on to another field and we drove on to park by the PL Arable. The raker drove by both sides of the tower while we were there--those raking wheels sure look larger when they're flying by you.

I downloaded met, cam, USB GHG, FD, and IRT data. Robert cleaned flux and met sensors and pulled a few mustard plants growing under the Arable. I changed the eddy clock +1:15min to match the laptop time; when it was 12:53 I changed it to ~12:54 and restarted logging.

The 7500 read: 424ppm CO2, 585mmol/m3 H2O, 30.1C, 101.1kPa, 98.5SS after cleaning

We removed some leftover hay from under the radiometers that the raker had missed.

We left at 14:05 PDT.

Next Mowing: 2023-06-12

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Fieldwork, field recently raked