Field Notes

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Tonzi: 2012-11-15 10:00:00 (DOY 320)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
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Summary: Installed ATI, reset fixed? tram, swapped co2 profile cr10x battery, added relays to open and tree2 co2 probes.

Tonzi
2012-11-15

I arrived about 10am PST. It was mostly sunny and mild with little to know wind and high clouds moving in from the southwest. The trees looked barer than last week. The ground was dry and hard but there was some dew on the grass – more dew here than at Vaira.

The tram had derailed again. It ran just after I restarted it and I discovered that it was derailing because the wheels were too narrow for the track. Last time I fixed the wheels I added two shims to make the wheels more narrow because I though previously that the wheels were too wide. I removed one of the shims. Hopefully the wheels are just right now.

I installed the ATI sonic at the top of the tower. I moved the extra post from the west railing to the south railing. The ATI was mounted to the east of the Gill. I connected the ATI to the CR1000 on Com3. I removed the CF card, uploaded the new program and then inserted a new card. All seemed well. The new program has two new tables for the ATI data. Total fill time is about 45 days.

I swapped the battery on the CO2 profile CR10X. After restart a bunch of flags and ports were set. I reset the data logger’s clock and the reloaded the program and all seemed well. The LI800 had reasonable readings of about 420ppm.

I added relays to the soil CO2 system. I was hoping I could do all the probes with just two relays but I will need a third relay. I added a relays to the open and tree 2 probes. I downloaded the data from the CR23X and the CR10X before uploading new programs that control the relays. The probes now power up at 9min to 17min into the half-hour and data is logged from 14min to 17min.

I cleaned the z-cam windows – all had a smudge of dried water on them.

Field Data

No tank data

No TZ 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

Tree DBH

DateTag#Reading (mm)

No water potential data found

No TZ Grass Biomass data found

No TZ OakLeaves Biomass data found

No TZ PineNeedles Biomass data found

2 photos found

view of field site
20121115TZ_ATIMounting1.jpg ( 2012-11-15 12:18:56 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field site

view of field site
20121115TZ_ATIMounting2.jpg ( 2012-11-15 13:38:29 ) Full size: 1920x1440
view of field 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