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<--2012-12-19 12:00:00 | 2013-01-16 09:00:00-->

Tonzi: 2013-01-01 11:30:00 (DOY 1)
Author: Siyan Ma
Others:

Summary: Floor and Tower fences down, CO2 profile system not working, tram was derailed - reset at charging station, soil co2 partially working


When: Date: 01/01/2013 , Day: 001 , Watch Time: 11:30 am
Where: Tonzi/Vaira Ranch
Who: Siyan
Weather: clear, sunny
Phenology: green grasses; no-leaf on oak trees



Summary
  1. Checked and downloaded data at Tower, Floor, and Vaira. Swapped memory cards of CR1000s. Everything worked well, but fences at Floor and Tower site were broken. Cows got into the Floor site. I fixed the Floor one, but more wires are needed to fix the Tower one.
  2. Gashound of CO2 profile system gave 152 ppm when N2 given. So, I didn’t calibrate the system in the field. No daily files were downloaded by the PC. I tried downloading manually, but no data were collected.
  3. Tram cart was out of track (see the photo above). I put it back on the charge station.
  4. Tonzi Soil CO2 profile temp showed ‘INF’‌
  5. Read dendrometers
  6. Measured soil moisture
  7. Measure groundwater well:

Date

DOY

Location

Depth without the black thing (feet)

1/1/2013

1

Floor

28



Tower

32.4



roadside

34.3

Vaira_Grass Site
  1. Fence and gate power: 12 v.
  2. Panel and Batteries: 13 v; 12.8 amps; 2.6 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. downloading data YES!
  2. Check the fans of air temp. and relative humidity sensors at Vaira. YES!
  3. Check MD-9 system connections YES!
  4. Check CR23X with two multiplexers



  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!

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

CO2, 600, 20,421.63ppm
N2,850,20
Is the pump running‌ YES!

Gashound of CO2 profile system gave 152 ppm when N2 given. So, I didn’t calibrate the system in the field. No daily files were downloaded by the PC. I tried downloading manually, but no data were collected.

  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. (about 7:00 am local time)
  3. Reading from Gillsonic screen before downloading data. (The value of H2O and CO2 should be in the range of 0 – 5 v.)



  1. downloading data YES!
  2. Check MD-9 system connections YES!

CR23X3 – floor-Met
CR23X6 – tower-Met
CR10X2 – floor-Met
Soil CO2 profile: CR23X5 – soil CO2 profile







Soil CO2 profile temp INF‌
  1. Close gate and set up fence. YES!


tonzi

7931AFE

402165

574B4B

402FF3

574632

7A432E

7A3C6E

7A3B40

7A4AAA

1/1/2013

1

sm

0-15

42.7

29.5

47.1

30.7

37.2

30.2

23.5

22.0

24.7

15-30

40.8

39.8

41.1

45.3

46.4

33.2

32.9

32.9

22.5

30-45

42.4

48.6

46.0

49.5

55.5

39.5

36.0

36.6

37.4

45-60

36.1

55.3

57.7

55.0

46.9

37.1

45.7

47.1

38.5

A6D882B

A3D04E8

A6D72F5

0-15

28.2

22.3

25.8

15-30

28.0

24.0

36.2

30-45

37.4

38.0

39.4

45-60

44.0

51.4

48.3

vaira

7933dee

00000128B97F3

00000128B8072

00000128BDDE8

0-15

26.0

28.5

17.5

6.95

15-30

28.9

33.05

23.7

22.5

30-45

17.2

32.1

26.7

31.7

45-60

31.6

42.3

23.3

32.8



Tonzi





Dendrometer









Date

Day

Tag #

Reading (mm)


1/1/2013

1

1

24




2

18.6




3

21




4

3.6




5

24




7

17.8




8

9.5




72

14.5




79

15.4




102

17.5




245

13


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

Field Data

No tank data

Well Depth

DateLocationDepth (feet)
2013-01-01TZ_floor28
2013-01-01TZ_road34.3
2013-01-01TZ_tower32.4

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)
2013-01-01124
2013-01-0110217.5
2013-01-01218.6
2013-01-0124513
2013-01-01321
2013-01-0143.6
2013-01-01524
2013-01-01717.8
2013-01-017214.5
2013-01-017915.4
2013-01-0189.5

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

Frost
tonzi_2012_12_31_073102.jpg ( 2012-12-31 07:31:24 ) Full size: 1296x960
Frost

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

No data found for TZ_co2prof.
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

 
 

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