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Corn has been harvested! All the corn has been taken; no personal corn patch in front of our tower this year.
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Corn has been harvested! All the corn has been taken; no personal corn patch in front of our tower this year.

Stringy, unmowed alfalfa are the consequences of driving across the field to the bouncer tower when the alfalfa was tall.
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Stringy, unmowed alfalfa are the consequences of driving across the field to the bouncer tower when the alfalfa was tall.

Three HMP155s set up on the BA tower for an HMP intercomparison for Carlos
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Three HMP155s set up on the BA tower for an HMP intercomparison for Carlos's the bouncer experiment. The calibration datalogger enclosure is zip-tied to the scaffolding to prevent water from pooling in the bottom of the enclosure.

Tower near high tide--need boots to access the scaffolding
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Tower near high tide--need boots to access the scaffolding

Fresh bird wing in the reeds by the tower, probably dropped from the rad boom.
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Fresh bird wing in the reeds by the tower, probably dropped from the rad boom.

View from top of tower
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View from top of tower

Short, green grass and bare trees (with mistletoe)
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Short, green grass and bare trees (with mistletoe)

Patchy alfalfa north of the tower
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Patchy alfalfa north of the tower

Large mushrooms spotted south of the tower
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Large mushrooms spotted south of the tower

Flood field that is slowly draining. It
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Flood field that is slowly draining. It's about ankle-deep at the tower but Tyler said it was much deeper in the middle of the field.

Daphne and Carlos servicing the BA tower
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Daphne and Carlos servicing the BA tower

Nice spring day at Tonzi even if the grass is starting to turn yellow
5835 20220412TZ_Tower.jpg (2022-04-12 15:34:22 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Nice spring day at Tonzi even if the grass is starting to turn yellow

Daphne and Joe on the main tower setting up the extra sonics for the advection experiment
5846 20220425BA_ExtraSonics.jpg (2022-04-25 11:52:39 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Daphne and Joe on the main tower setting up the extra sonics for the advection experiment

Bouncer Tower. Alfalfa all around the tower has been trampled by our setup process. Unfortunately this is also the alfalfa that the Rnet sees.
5845 20220425BA_Bouncer.jpg (2022-04-25 14:57:33 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Bouncer Tower. Alfalfa all around the tower has been trampled by our setup process. Unfortunately this is also the alfalfa that the Rnet sees.

Carlos at the completed Edge Tower
5844 20220425BA_Edge.jpg (2022-04-25 17:10:10 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Carlos at the completed Edge Tower

Peak flower season at Tonzi
5841 20220427TZ_TowerFlowers.jpg (2022-04-27 10:56:30 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Peak flower season at Tonzi

The crew from Beckman checking the tower
5843 20220427TZ_BeckmanTower.jpg (2022-04-27 15:44:42 ) Full size: 1440x1920
The crew from Beckman checking the tower

Lots of dandelions around the Tower
5851 20220510TZ_LotsOfFlowers.jpg (2022-05-10 14:05:35 ) Full size: 1758x1410
Lots of dandelions around the Tower

A big patch of rattlesnake grass aka quaking grass (Briza maxima, invasive from Mediterranean) near southeast tower anchor
5849 20225010TZ_QuakingGrass.jpg (2022-05-10 15:48:27 ) Full size: 1920x1440
A big patch of rattlesnake grass aka quaking grass (Briza maxima, invasive from Mediterranean) near southeast tower anchor

Folding ladder in front of the Bouncer tower. Raked alfalfa in the background.
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Folding ladder in front of the Bouncer tower. Raked alfalfa in the background.

Duckweed has colonized the open water in front of the WP tower
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Duckweed has colonized the open water in front of the WP tower

Looking west from the tower top
5864 20220526TZ_TowerTop.jpg (2022-05-26 14:15:29 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Looking west from the tower top

Higher water level, happy green plants
6055 20220630WP_Tower.jpg (2022-06-30 09:12:02 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Higher water level, happy green plants

Larger oak trees inside the tower enclosure
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Larger oak trees inside the tower enclosure

Starlings(?) on the tower as we drove up
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Starlings(?) on the tower as we drove up

Dennis and Carlos on site. Corn has been harvested right up to the tower.
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Dennis and Carlos on site. Corn has been harvested right up to the tower.

Solar panel and tower scaffolding
6088 20221019GT_Site.jpg (2022-10-19 09:57:22 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Solar panel and tower scaffolding

Daphne on site
6089 20221019GT_Tower.jpg (2022-10-19 09:58:58 ) Full size: 1440x1920
Daphne on site

Tower and solar panels on a clear fall morning
6100 20221103GT_Tower.jpg (2022-11-03 10:18:35 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Tower and solar panels on a clear fall morning

Sheep on neighboring alfalfa field, empty irrigation ditch, and Dennis doing his "farmer
6248 20230106BA_EmptyDitch.jpg (2023-01-06 13:52:23 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Sheep on neighboring alfalfa field, empty irrigation ditch, and Dennis doing his "farmer's carry" workout by carrying the toolbox to the tower

The moon near the top of the tower
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The moon near the top of the tower

Most of the field has been grazed by geese or other birds, but there
6267 20230302BA_Oasis.jpg (2023-03-02 13:00:24 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Most of the field has been grazed by geese or other birds, but there's are green patches around the tower, close to the solar structure, and along the edges of the field.

Weeds growing by tower among spare alfalfa
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Weeds growing by tower among spare alfalfa

SFSU visitors on tower
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SFSU visitors on tower

Robert and SFSU visitor on tower
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Robert and SFSU visitor on tower

Installed a second staff gauge in the channel to let us read water level during low tide when our primary staff gauge by the tower is high and dry. I had to scrape off a bunch of barnacles before attaching the gauge to the post.
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Installed a second staff gauge in the channel to let us read water level during low tide when our primary staff gauge by the tower is high and dry. I had to scrape off a bunch of barnacles before attaching the gauge to the post.

Green algae mat visible north of the solar tower during high tide
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Green algae mat visible north of the solar tower during high tide

Carlos and visitor on tower
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Carlos and visitor on tower

New wire nuts (and silicone dieletric "goop") for the power cable to connect the piece that comes from the tower and the piece that comes from underground.
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New wire nuts (and silicone dieletric "goop") for the power cable to connect the piece that comes from the tower and the piece that comes from underground.

Rotating shadow band set up on the top of Tonzi tower for an intercomparison with the Delta-T BF5 diffuse PAR sensor
6311 20230616TZ_RotatingShadowBand.jpg (2023-06-16 11:36:54 ) Full size: 1920x939
Rotating shadow band set up on the top of Tonzi tower for an intercomparison with the Delta-T BF5 diffuse PAR sensor

The tower is being over run by vegetation
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The tower is being over run by vegetation

Brian from Nikira setting up their prototype fast water vapor and temperature sensor to compare against our Licor measurements. Daphne and Joe servicing the tower.
6330 20230824BA_BrianNikira.jpg (2023-08-24 00:00:00 ) Full size: 1920x1440
Brian from Nikira setting up their prototype fast water vapor and temperature sensor to compare against our Licor measurements. Daphne and Joe servicing the tower.

We watched them mow around the tower
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We watched them mow around the tower

Mel climbing the tower
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Mel climbing the tower

Dead woodpecker at the base of the radiation tower looks to have a broken beak
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Dead woodpecker at the base of the radiation tower looks to have a broken beak

Tower in late autumn afternoon
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Tower in late autumn afternoon

The sun setting at high tide behind the tower
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The sun setting at high tide behind the tower

Some sort of plastic decking on the road across from our tower, running to the east. Maybe they
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Some sort of plastic decking on the road across from our tower, running to the east. Maybe they're doing sort of construction out there?

Moved the scaffolding about 2m to the west, farther into the field and closer to the corn. The SE fence post is a little far from the scaffolding. We moved Charlotte
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Moved the scaffolding about 2m to the west, farther into the field and closer to the corn. The SE fence post is a little far from the scaffolding. We moved Charlotte's white enclosure from the scaffolding to a new fence post.

A different type of tule (Schoenoplectus californicus?) on the eastern edge of the gravel road leading up to East End tower
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A different type of tule (Schoenoplectus californicus?) on the eastern edge of the gravel road leading up to East End tower

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