Field Notes

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Vaira: 2011-11-16 11:30:00 (DOY 320)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
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Summary: Cows got inside the fence, changed Stardot settings, Bill Frost moved his fence.

Varia
2011-11-16

I arrived about 11:30. It was clear, sunny and warm with little to no wind. The ground seems dry and the grass looks stressed. The water hole is empty but still damp. The trees are yellowing.

Cows had entered into the site. They knocked down the cow fence to the left of the gate. I don?t think they did any damage inside the fence. I guess the grass looked greener. I fixed all the fencing, but it?s hard to tell if the charger is working because the dial widow is too clouded by exposure to the sun.

Bill Frost has moved his fence, but our Moisture Point probe is still inside. The probe is now in the southwest corner instead of the northwest corner.

I changed the aperture on the Stardot camera. This should improve the depth of focus. I also updated some of the camera scripts to better follow file name formats and to match of FTP setup better.

I cleaned bird poop from the radiometers.

All else looked well.

Field Data

No tank data

No VR Well data found

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

2 photos found

Big tree near Vaira site
20111116VR_OakTree.jpg ( 2011-11-16 13:06:13 ) Full size: 4000x3000
Big tree near Vaira site

New green grass sprouting at Vaira
20111116VR_Site.jpg ( 2011-11-16 13:06:30 ) Full size: 4000x3000
New green grass sprouting at Vaira

Graphs display:
9 sets found

16 VR_met graphs found

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2 VR_flux graphs found

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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.