Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2011-11-09 09:20:00 (DOY 313)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others:

Summary: Standard field work.

Pond When: Date: 11/09/2011 , Day: 313 , Watch Time: 9:20 am
Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch
Who: Siyan
Weather: clear with light cloud, dew on grass leaves, cows at Tonzi
Phenology: grass mixed with standing litter=gree+yellow, 50% oak leaves turned into brown or yellow.

Tonzi

Vaira:

Summary

checked and downloaded data at Tower, Floor, and Vaira. Three systems worked well.
Calibrated Li-800 in the field.
Read dendrometers
Measured soil moisture
Measure groundwater well:

Date	DOY	Location	Depth without the black thing (feet)
11/09/2011	313	Floor	26.8
		Tower	32.3
		roadside	36.7

Vaira_Grass Site

Fence and gate power: 12 v.
Panel and Batteries: 13.3 v; 12.2 amps; 2.9 amps.
Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H₂O and CO₂ should be in the range of 0 ? 5 v.)

downloading data YES!
Check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
Check MD-9 system connections YES!
Check CR23X with two multiplexers

Check levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces.YES!
Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
Closed gate and set up fence. YES!

Tonzi_Tower Site

Fence and gate power: 12 v.
Panel and Batteries: 13.3 v; 0.0 amps; 5.4 amps.
Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H₂O and CO₂ should be in the range of 0 ? 5 v.)

downloading data YES!
check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES!
Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
Check calibration cylinders;

CO₂ 500 psig; flow 20 psi; 384.08 ppm.
N₂ 1100 psig; flow 20 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.

close gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor Site

Fence and gate power: 12 v.
Panel and Batteries: 14.3 v; 17.3 amps; 1.8 amps.
Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H₂O and CO₂ should be in the range of 0 ? 5 v.)

downloading data YES!
Check MD-9 system connections YES!

CR23X3 ? floor-Met
CR23X5 ? soil CO₂ profile
CR23X6 ? tower-Met
CR10X2 ? floor-Met

Soil CO₂ profile:

Reading from panels of analyzers

depth	Open	order	depth	Tree	order
2cm (1%)	1230	1	2cm (1%)	2730	1
4cm	960	2	4cm	2480	4
8cm	1260	3	8cm	2420	2
16cm	1170	4	16cm	4050	3

Close gate and set up fence. YES!

tonzi	7931AFE	402165	574B4B	402FF3	574632	7A432E	7A3C6E	7A3B40	7A4AAA
11/9/2011	313
	sm
0-15	10.6	5.1	21.6	11.7	11.1	5.2	7.0	5.3	8.0
15-30	7.3	10.0	23.4	14.8	13.8	9.7	18.2	14.3	5.9
30-45	19.2	11.8	11.8	14.4	12.7	10.5	15.8	18.6	13.9
45-60	#DIV/0!	2.4	13.2	13.3	11.1	10.4	13.6	22.4	10.9

	A6D882B	A3D04E8	A6D72F5

0-15	14.7	9.7	5.2
15-30	13.6	3.3	15.5
30-45	18.7	16.8	15.1
45-60	15.6	18.4	9.5

vaira	57318a	7933dee	00000128B97F3	00000128B8072	00000128BDDE8
0-15	broken	10.2	11.8	4.1	3.3
15-30	broken	17.7	13.9	7.1	10.45
30-45	broken	20.4	4.9	13.6	16.35
45-60	broken	30.1	15.45	9.0	16.75

Tonzi
Dendrometer

Date	Day	Tag #	Reading (mm)
11/9/2011	313	72	5.3
		79	5.4
		102	7.5
		245	19.5
		250	x	(reset to 10.5 on May 7, 2009)
		1	16.5
		2	14.4
		3	12.5
		4	18.9
		5	23.5
		7	14.1	133
		8	5.8	11828
		71	X
		77	X	‌
		78	X	‌
		248	X	broken
		255	X	‌
		‌252‌	X	‌
		6	X

Notes: ?X? means not working any more.
Dendrometers installed by Gretchen group

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

Date	Location	Depth (feet)
2011-11-09	TZ_floor	26.8
2011-11-09	TZ_road	36.7
2011-11-09	TZ_tower	32.3

No TZ Moisture Point data found

No VR Moisture Point data found

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

Date	Tag#	Reading (mm)

Water Potential - mode: raw

Time< h>	Species	Tree	readings (bar)
2011-11-09 11:46:00	OAK	UNKNOWN	-26.5	-21.2	-19	-22	-25
2011-11-09 11:46:00	PINE	OLD	-15	-17.5	-5
2011-11-09 11:46:00	PINE	YNG	-5	-3	-18

OAK_UNKNOWN	Whole Study	20111109	11:46:00	twig/leaf cluster	-2.3	0.3	5
PINE_OLD	Whole Study	20111109	11:46:00	twig/leaf cluster	-1.3	0.66	3
PINE_YNG	Whole Study	20111109	11:46:00	twig/leaf cluster	-0.9	0.81	3