Field Notes
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Vaira: 2011-10-26 08:30:00 (DOY 299)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan
Summary: Move Stardot power from 23X to web cam relay, updated 23x program to power Stardot camera.
| Vaira
2011-10-26 I arrived about 8:30PST with Siyan. It was cool, clear and sunny with little to no wind. The water hole south of the road has less water in it but still a little. There is heavy dew in the grass the wets the ground slightly. The grass looks a little happier than a week or so ago. So areas may be almost 20cm high. I removed the Stardot power from the 23X switched 12V terminals. The battery for the data logger was about 10V and climbing with sun on the solar panels. The data logger came back not to long after disconnecting the stardot camera. I was going to run the wires through the fitting into the camera enclosure, but I remembered this after I connected the power to the relay. This was so difficult that I didn?t want to do it again. I?ll change the relay in the future and put in the fitting then. I wired the stardot camera into the relay controlling power to the existing web cam. I copy data from the 23x an updated the program. I commented out the control for the existing web cam and made the sunrise-sunset routine control it instead. I also added a check that does not turn the cameras on if the system voltage is below 11.5V. I left the solar power box open for a while, and the wasps hiding there seemed to have flown away. The solar system was reading 13.4V, 11.5A solar, 2.9A load. |
Field Data
No tank data
Well Depth
| Date | Location | Depth (feet) |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-26 | TZ_floor | 26.2 |
| 2011-10-26 | TZ_road | 36.8 |
| 2011-10-26 | TZ_tower | 31.3 |
No TZ Moisture Point data found
No VR Moisture Point data found
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
6 photos found
20111026VR_DataloggerBox.jpg ( 2011-10-26 10:09:06 ) Full size: 2048x1536
Wiring inside the data logger box at Vaira
20111026VR_HillsToNorth.jpg ( 2011-10-26 10:20:57 ) Full size: 2048x1536
View of trees and hills at Vaira
20111026VR_PCIBox.jpg ( 2011-10-26 10:08:35 ) Full size: 2048x1536
Inside sonic interface box at Vaira
20111026VR_Site.jpg ( 2011-10-26 10:21:14 ) Full size: 2048x1536
New green grass sprouting at Vaira
20111026VR_SiyanCleaningSensors.jpg ( 2011-10-26 09:25:25 ) Full size: 2048x1536
Siyan cleaning radiometers on the Vaira tower
20111026VR_SiyanTree.jpg ( 2011-10-26 10:21:27 ) Full size: 2048x1536
Siyan doing clip plots in front of big oak
9 sets found
16 VR_met graphs found
2 VR_flux graphs found
No data found for VR_soilco2.
No data found for VR_pond.
Can't check TZVR_mixed
No data found for VR_fd.
No data found for VR_processed.
No data found for VR_arable.
No data found for VR_soilvue.