Field Notes

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Vaira: 2012-12-11 09:20:00 (DOY 346)
Author: Joe Verfaillie
Others: Siyan

Summary: Flux power out for 11 days due to blown fuse.

Vaira
2012-12-11

I arrived about 9:20 with Siyan. It was clear and sunny but cool with a very light breeze from the south. It looks like they had a lot of rain out here. There are puddles on the road and the waterhole is full to overflowing. The trees have lost all their leaves or the leaves have turned brown. The grass is a green carpet. The Delta and valley were super foggy on the way up and there was snow visible in the montains.

The biomass fence has been moved to the west to a fresh spot but still encompassing our moisture point probe.

The main solar power was out. A 7.5A fuse was blown. I replaced it with a 30A fuse and the computer and eddy system powered up again. About 11 days of eddy data was lost – met and soil CO2 seems okay.

When the computer restarted it had lost its clock – I reset it to cell phone time. Probably the computer’s internal battery needs replacing.

The tipping bucket had some bird droppings in it but no standing water. I cleaned this out and cleaned the radiometers.

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2012-12-11TZ_floor30
2012-12-11TZ_road38
2012-12-11TZ_tower34.6

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

3 photos found

dirt road and new green grass
20121211VR_Site.jpg ( 2012-12-11 11:10:35 ) Full size: 1920x1440
dirt road and new green grass

Siyan doing clip plots
20121211VR_Siyan.jpg ( 2012-12-11 11:10:49 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Siyan doing clip plots

Cows
vaira_2012_12_11_160102.jpg ( 2012-12-11 15:52:42 ) Full size: 1296x960
Cows

Graphs display:
9 sets found

16 VR_met graphs found

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2 VR_flux graphs found

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6 VR_soilco2 graphs found

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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.