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Sherman Island: 2011-06-21 11:00:00 (DOY 172)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Jose

Summary: Swapped LI7500, Still problems with soil co2 data logger, funnel fell of tipping bucket, pepper weed in full bloom.

Sherman
2011-06-21

I arrived about 11am with Jose. It was clear, sunny and hot with almost no wind. There was just a breath of breeze from the south. The pepper weed was in full bloom and stood about mid-thigh in the field and waist high inside the cow fence. From the bridge on the way home, the north ditch was damp but no water visible and the south ditch had water in it, which is unusual.

I collected data. I did a full collection from the soil co2 system. The clock on that data logger was way off. Various times:

Cell Phone 2011-06-21 11:14:00
Computer 2011-06-21 10:15:00
Data logger 1964-01-03 01:22:53

I started the data collection when the data logger’s clock read 01:24:00. Times on the data collected were unintelligible. I could not recreate data order.

I swapped the LI7500. Sn 0073 came off and sn 0042 went on.

The funnel on top of the rain bucket had fallen off. I found by the foot of the tower. Probably knocked off by a bird.

I took photos of the diffuse PAR system.

We did the moisture point probes. The last reading looked strange with the location number (4) blinking, maybe saturated?

East sn ending in DAA1
12.7, 36.8, 36.6, 11.1
12.4, 36.5, 36.8, 11.1
North sn ending in 072
22.9, 33.8, 36.3, 11.1
22.9, 34.1, 41.9, 11.1
West
12.7, 25.8, 36.3, 4.4
13.5, 26.1, 36.8, 96.7

And we read the wells. The west well seemed to have a layer of scum/debris on the surface of the water that fouled the well depth sensor. All measurements from the top of the pipe using the black fitting that comes with the depth sensor.
East 3.1ft, west 3.0, north 3.85

I reinstalled soil heat flux plate #2

Jose did the LI2000 and spectrum, clip plots and digital photos.

10 photos found

Rotating shadow band for diffuse PAR
20110621SI_DiffusePAR1.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:20:26 ) Full size: 2560x1920
Rotating shadow band for diffuse PAR

Rotating shadow band for diffuse PAR
20110621SI_DiffusePAR2.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:22:13 ) Full size: 2560x1920
Rotating shadow band for diffuse PAR

Rotating shadow band for diffuse PAR
20110621SI_DiffusePAR3.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:23:29 ) Full size: 2560x1920
Rotating shadow band for diffuse PAR

AC motor for rotating shadow band
20110621SI_DiffusePARInside.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:39:02 ) Full size: 2560x1920
AC motor for rotating shadow band

Diffuse PAR AC motor
20110621SI_DiffusePARMotor.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:38:49 ) Full size: 2560x1920
Diffuse PAR AC motor

Pepper weed in full bloom with Mt Diablo
20110621SI_FieldSouth.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:21:57 ) Full size: 2560x1920
Pepper weed in full bloom with Mt Diablo

Pepper weed blooming
20110621SI_FieldWest.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:21:51 ) Full size: 2560x1920
Pepper weed blooming

Ladder
SI_webcam_20111721045.jpg ( 2011-06-21 10:45:04 ) Full size: 640x480
Ladder

People in the field
SI_webcam_20111721115.jpg ( 2011-06-21 11:15:04 ) Full size: 640x480
People in the field

Big bird on fence
SI_webcam_20111731715.jpg ( 2011-06-22 17:15:04 ) Full size: 640x480
Big bird on fence

Graphs display:
7 sets found

No data found for SI_mp.
11 SI_met graphs found

Explore the graph:Solar Radiation in a new window

Explore the graph:Energy in a new window

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

Explore the graph:Soil Temperatures Set 2 in a new window

Explore the graph:Soil Temperatures Set 3 in a new window

Explore the graph:Soil Temperature at -16cm in a new window

Explore the graph:LED NDVI Sensor Output in a new window

Explore the graph:Solar Radiation from CNR1 in a new window

Explore the graph:Sherman Island Rain in a new window

Explore the graph:Sherman Well Level in a new window

Explore the graph:Box Temperatures in a new window

Can't check SI_mixed
2 SI_mixed graphs found

Explore the graph:Theta Probes in a new window

Explore the graph:Sherman Island Air Temperatures in a new window

5 SI_flx graphs found

Explore the graph:Sonic Wind in a new window

Explore the graph:CH4 Concentrations in a new window

Explore the graph:LI7700 Channels in a new window

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Explore the graph:LI7500 CO2 and H2O in a new window

No data found for SI_soilco2.
Can't check TWSI_mixed
Can't check SIMBTWEE_met