Field notes

Alfacada: 2026-03-10, ___12.50____________ UTC (DOY 69)

Date & Time

10/03/26

Author

Ariane

Other participants

Iosif, (Maria, Sofie, Angelica, Qin sampling in the lagoon)

Field report

Weather: cloudy with some sunshine

 

To-do:

  • Fill ch4 water reservoir

40% full, Iosif refilled it

  • Clean sensors

Ariane cleaned sensors with glassex

  • Download met data

done

  • Download flux data

done

  • Check clocks

Datalog 5sec ahead, smartflux ok

  • Download phenocam images

done

  • Check if li7700 ca get rssi higher than 76% (scratches)

Ok

clean HMP took a while, the u screw grid had the power cable screw broken, we attached the power side to an additional 2 screw grid found in the toolbox. We finished at 2:33pm UTC. We run out of laptop battery so we did not check the HMP readings but they should be fine.

Vegetation height:

Readings:

  Before cleaning sensors After cleaning sensors
LI-7500 readings
CO2 ppm 418 419
H20 ppm 540 550
T ºC 15.05 14.92
P kPa 102.17 102.17
SS % 97.87 98.3
LI-7700 readings
CH4 ppm 1.90 2.045
RSSI % 3.3 82.15