Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2010-05-13 11:00:00 (DOY 133)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Joe, Anders


When: Date: 5/13/2010 , Day: 133 , Watch Time: 11:00 .
Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch
Who: Siyan, Joe, Ameriflux Anders came to Toniz and started calibration measurements for 10 days.
Weather: sunshine, not too hot
Phenology: grasses at development stage, a lot of yellow flowers, green oak leaves, fully extended, met Mr. Tonzi.

Tonzi

View of oaks, pines and grass to the northwest from the Tonzi tower

Wild flowers at Tonzi

Vaira:

Eddy sensors and dying grass at Vaira

Clover flowers at Vaira

Summary
  1. swapped LI-7500 at Tonzi Tower and Floor sites.
  2. check and download data at Tower, Floor, and Vaira
  3. Joe swapped a new webcam at Vaira.
  4. Calibrate Li-800 in the field. New N2 tank.
  5. collected samples of grasses at Vaira
  6. dendrometers (some)
  7. soil moisture
  8. groundwater well:

Date

DOY

Location

Depth from the black thing (feet)

5/13/2010

133

Floor

20.48



Tower

- (The sensor didn’t respond properly when hitting the water.)



roadside

-

Vaira_Grass Site
  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Panel and Batteries: - v; - amps; - amps.
  3. Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H2O and CO2 should be in the range of 0 – 5 v.)

Before swapping
Vaira Gill sonic plots screen before downloading data
  1. downloading data YES!
  2. Check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
  3. Check MD-9 system connections YES!
  4. Check CR23X with two multiplexers

Screen shot of Vaira data logger table
  1. Check levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES!
  2. Joe swapped a new webcam at Vaira.
  3. Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
  4. Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Tonzi_Tower Site

  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Panel and Batteries: - v; - amps; - amps.
  3. Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H2O and CO2 should be in the range of 0 – 5 v.)

After swap: remove #976; install #65
Tower Gill sonic plots screen before downloading data
  1. downloading data YES!
  2. check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES!
  3. Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
  4. Check calibration cylinders;

CO2 500 psig; flow psi; 418.8 ppm.
N2 new tank psig; flow psi.
Manually calibrate Li-800. Following Ted’s instruction: H:\IoneSavanna_2004\Tower_2004\CO2Profile\LI800_Calibration_Procedure_2Nov04.txt
Is the pump running‌ YES.
Screen shot of Li-800 calibration pre-cal part 1
Screen shot of Li-800 calibration pre-cal part 2
Screen shot of Li-800 calibration zero pre-cal
  1. close gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site
  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Panel and Batteries: 12.3 v; 1.5 amps; 1.9 amps. (about 7:00 am local time)
  3. Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H2O and CO2 should be in the range of 0 – 5 v.)

Before swap
Floor Gill sonic plots screen before IRGA swap
Remove #1594; install #35
Floor Gill sonic plots screen after IRGA swap
Screen shot of floor met data logger table
  1. downloading data YES!
  2. Check MD-9 system connections YES!

CR23X3 – floor-Met

Screen shot of soil moisture data logger table
CR23X5 – soil CO2 profile
Screen shot of soil co2 data logger table
CR23X6 – tower-Met
Screen shot of tower met data logger table
CR10X2 – floor-Met
  1. Soil CO2 profile: no power when I got there. I unplug and re-plug fuses, then the system back to work.

Reading from panels of analyzers

depth

Open

order

depth

Tree

order

2cm (1%)

1610

1

2cm (1%)

3350

1

4cm

1930

2

4cm

4350

4

8cm

2956

3

8cm

3920

2

16cm

2350

4

16cm

9090

3
  1. Close gate and set up fence. YES!




tonzi

7931AFE

402165

574B4B

402FF3

574632

7A432E

7A3C6E

7A3B40

7A4AAA

5/13/2010

133










sm









0-15

23.2

11.2

20.0

16.2

24.7

22.6

17.6

14.7

9.7

15-30

28.0

22.2

30.1

25.2

27.4

19.1

24.9

25.5

10.6

30-45

30.7

34.6

39.4

29.0

41.9

21.2

24.6

27.4

27.1

45-60

37.4

55.1

64.9

49.4

43.4

25.6

37.7

44.8

21.3












A6D882B

A3D04E8

A6D72F5

















0-15

18.8

12.7

14.7







15-30

21.0

8.1

24.9







30-45

30.1

28.2

31.5







45-60

41.7

45.7

48.6

















vaira

57318a

7933dee








0-15

11.1

8.8








15-30

20.6

21.0








30-45

39.6

24.3








45-60

41.4

34.0









Tonzi






Dendrometer











Date

Day

Tag #

Reading (mm)



5/13/2010

133

72

9.4





79

13.0





102

X





245

11.1





250

22.0

(reset to 10.5 on May 7, 2009)




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2






3






4






5






7


133




8


11828




71






77






78

X





248

X

broken




255

X





‌252‌

X





6

X



Notes: “X” means not working any more.
Dendrometers installed by Gretchen group
Diagram of dendrometer tree locations

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2010-05-13TZ_floor20.48
2010-05-13TZ_road29.7
2010-05-13TZ_tower24.35

No TZ Moisture Point data found

No VR Moisture Point data found

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

No TZ Tree DBH found

No water potential data found

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

9 photos found

View of Floor site from tower top at the oak savanna
TZ_IMG_0487.jpg ( 2010-05-13 11:02:36 ) Full size: 1600x1200
View of Floor site from tower top at the oak savanna

Sonic against sky at tower top
TZ_IMG_0488.jpg ( 2010-05-13 11:02:47 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Sonic against sky at tower top

Melanie at Tonzi
TZ_IMG_0490.jpg ( 2010-05-13 11:18:45 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Melanie at Tonzi

Melanie measuring well level
TZ_IMG_0491.jpg ( 2010-05-13 12:59:34 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Melanie measuring well level

Wild flowers at the oak savanna
TZ_IMG_0492.jpg ( 2010-05-13 12:59:39 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Wild flowers at the oak savanna

Melanie measuring well level
TZ_IMG_0493.jpg ( 2010-05-13 13:00:00 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Melanie measuring well level

Wild flowers at the oak savanna
TZ_IMG_0494.jpg ( 2010-05-13 13:00:06 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Wild flowers at the oak savanna

Joe helping with Ameriflux inter-comparison
TZ_IMG_0495.jpg ( 2010-05-13 13:27:32 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Joe helping with Ameriflux inter-comparison

Rope coiled on the grass
TZ_IMG_0496.jpg ( 2010-05-13 13:27:41 ) Full size: 1600x1200
Rope coiled on the grass

Graphs display:
16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower Met: Temperature and Power in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower Met: Solar Radiation in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower Met: IRT Sensors in a new window

Explore the graph:LED Sensor Incoming in a new window

Explore the graph:LED Sensor Outgoing in a new window

Explore the graph:4-Band Solar Radiation in a new window

Explore the graph:Air Temperature Profile in a new window

Explore the graph:Relativity Humidity Profile in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tower PRI in a new window

Explore the graph:SRS PRI/NDVI in a new window

Explore the graph:SRS NDVI in a new window

11 TZ_soilco2 graphs found

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

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) CO2 in a new window

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

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) Temperatures in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Upper CO2 in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Lower CO2 in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Upper Temperatures in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Lower Temperatures in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Power and Temperature in a new window

Explore the graph:Tree 2 Soil CO2 in a new window

Explore the graph:Tree 2 Soil Temperature in a new window

Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi PPT in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi CO2 and H2O Densities in a new window

Explore the graph:Air Pressure in a new window

No data found for TZ_fflux.
8 TZ_fmet graphs found

Explore the graph:Soil Heat Flux in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil Temperature Set A in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set B in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set C in a new window

Explore the graph:Tonzi Soil Temperature Set D in a new window

Explore the graph:Well Level in a new window

Explore the graph:Well Water Temperature in a new window

Explore the graph:Soil Water Potential in a new window

1 TZ_tram graphs found

Explore the graph:Tonzi Tram Incoming PAR in a new window

3 TZ_co2prof graphs found

Explore the graph:Tower CO2 Profile Concentrations in a new window

Explore the graph:Tower CO2 Profile Cell Pressure in a new window

Explore the graph:CO2 Profile Sensor Temperature in a new window

No data found for TZ_irt.
No data found for TZ_windprof.
No data found for TZ_tflux.
2 TZ_sm graphs found

Explore the graph:Floor Solar Radiations in a new window

Explore the graph:TZ Soil Moisture in a new window

Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

Explore the graph:Floor and Tower RH in a new window

Can't check TZVR_mixed
No data found for TZ_osu.
No data found for TZ_fd.
Tonzi Z-cam data

plot of Tonzi z-cam LAI

plot of Tonzi z-cam gap fration