Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2012-10-24 11:30:00 (DOY 298)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others: Erika

Summary: Just after first rain of the fall, Tree dendrometers read, Swapped 7500 at tower and Vaira, Co2 Profile down, Standard fieldwork.


When: Date: 10/24/2012 , Day: 298 , Watch Time: 11:30 am
Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch
Who: Siyan, Erika
Weather: showers on the way and when we just got there; rain stopped after; partially cloudy and sunshine
Phenology: Mr. Tonzi got more than 1.5 inches in his back yard; grasses were still yellow but new germination would start soon after this first good rain in the fall. Oak leaves kept falling off. Erika measured tree bands.

1.standing water at Tonzi

2. an overview



3. disturbed area at Vaira

4, the lower wire of the fence missing



Summary
  1. checked and downloaded data at Tower, Floor, and Vaira
  2. Swapped Li-7500 at TZ Tower and Vaira.
  3. Gashound Li-800 didn’t work in the field and was taken back to the lab.
  4. Erika helped with measuring tree bands.
  5. Measure groundwater well: The battery was dead. I changed a new battery, but the rope ruler didn’t work very well. Measurements were made by estimation.

Date

DOY

Location

Depth without the black thing (feet)

10/24/2012

298

Floor

29.7



Tower

35.0



roadside

37.0

Vaira_Grass Site
  1. Fence and gate power: - v. (Fence was open when I got there.)
  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.)


Readings of CR1000:
  1. download data and swap data card of CR1000. YES!
  2. Swap IRGA Licor-7500: #418 on; #41 off.
  3. Check the fans of air temp and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
  4. Check MD-9 system connections and check CR23X with two multiplexers

Can’t talk to CR10X for soil CO2 profiles from the computer. Was able to download soil CO2 data by connecting directly to the CR10X.


  1. Check levels of Radiation sensors, clear up surfaces. YES!
  2. Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
  3. Closed gate and set up fence. YES! The lower wire of the fence was broken and missed the yellow ending. Need to be fixed next visiting.

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.)

  1. download data and swap data card of CR1000. YES!
  2. Swap IRGA Licor-7500: #1594 on; #976 off.
  3. check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors on the tower and the floor. YES!
  4. Check rain gage, make sure not clogged. YES!
  5. Is the pump running‌ YES! But the readings of gashound were -99999

  1. close gate and set up fence. YES!

Toniz_Floor 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.)


Readings of CR1000 before clearing 7500 of water droplets
  1. download data and swap data card of CR1000. YES!
  2. Check MD-9 system connections YES!







  1. Close gate and set up fence. YES!


Tonzi






Dendrometer











Date

Day

Tag #

Reading (mm)



9/19/2012

263

1






2

15.4





3

18.3





4






5

24.0





7






8






72






79






102






245

10.9




Soil moisture profiles (missing points at Tonzi because time ran late.)

vaira

7933dee

00000128B97F3

00000128B8072

00000128BDDE8

0-15

13.1

14.1

8.8

3.6

15-30

6.9

4.95

7.8

7.8

30-45

12.8

2.4

8.4

11.9

45-60

24.5

14.5

7.9

15.9


On average, only the two top layers of the soil got wet after the rain.


Tree band survey (with Erika’s help):
  • Total number of trees surveyed: 110
  • Total number of dead trees: 8 (total mortality: 7.2%)
  • During 2011-2012:

1) Number of dead oaks: 4
2) Mortality increment: 3.8%
3) Average of increment: 0.26 +/- 0.49 cm in perimeter (without soaking effects of rain)
  • Things may be improved: add more bands on pines‌‌

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2012-10-24TZ_floor29.7
2012-10-24TZ_road37
2012-10-24TZ_tower35

No TZ Moisture Point data found

No VR Moisture Point data found

No TZ grass heigth found

No VR grass heigth found

Tree DBH

DateTag#Reading (mm)
2012-10-24215.4
2012-10-2424510.9
2012-10-24318.3
2012-10-24524

No water potential data found

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

1 photos found

Nice clouds, Sonia and Jessica on site
tonzi_2012_10_23_113101.jpg ( 2012-10-23 10:27:18 ) Full size: 1296x960
Nice clouds, Sonia and Jessica on site

Graphs display:
16 sets found

No data found for TZ_Fenergy.
11 TZ_tmet graphs found

Tonzi Tower Met: Temperature and Power

Tonzi Tower Met: Solar Radiation

Tonzi Tower Met: IRT Sensors

LED Sensor Incoming

LED Sensor Outgoing

4-Band Solar Radiation

Air Temperature Profile

Relativity Humidity Profile

Tonzi Tower PRI

SRS PRI/NDVI

SRS NDVI

11 TZ_soilco2 graphs found

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Open (East) CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Open (East) Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Tree (West) Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Upper CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Lower CO2

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Upper Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Lower Temperatures

Tonzi Soil CO2 Profile: Power and Temperature

Tree 2 Soil CO2

Tree 2 Soil Temperature

Can't check TZ_mixed
3 TZ_mixed graphs found

Tonzi PPT

Tonzi CO2 and H2O Densities

Air Pressure

1 TZ_fflux graphs found

Tonzi Wind Speed

8 TZ_fmet graphs found

Soil Heat Flux

Tonzi Soil Temperature Set A

Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set B

Tonzi Soil Temperatures Set C

Tonzi Soil Temperature Set D

Well Level

Well Water Temperature

Soil Water Potential

1 TZ_tram graphs found

Tonzi Tram Incoming PAR

3 TZ_co2prof graphs found

Tower CO2 Profile Concentrations

Tower CO2 Profile Cell Pressure

CO2 Profile Sensor Temperature

No data found for TZ_irt.
No data found for TZ_windprof.
1 TZ_tflux graphs found

Tower CO2 and H2O

2 TZ_sm graphs found

Floor Solar Radiations

TZ Soil Moisture

Can't check TZ_met
1 TZ_met graphs found

Floor and Tower RH

Can't check TZVR_mixed
8 TZ_osu graphs found

Soil Moisture And Rain

SP1 Solar Radiation

SP1 Soil Temperature Profile

SP1 Soil Heat Flux

SP2 Soil Moisture

SP2 Soil Temperature

SP3 Soil Moisture

SP3 Soil Temperature

No data found for TZ_fd.
Tonzi Z-cam data

plot of Tonzi z-cam LAI

plot of Tonzi z-cam gap fration