Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

05 Apr, 10 AM - 05 Apr, 04 PM

The purpose of this field trip is to introduce students taking Geography 175 to the Micromet tower deployed at Coal Oil Point. Students will .learn about the observations/instrumentation. Next, students will be divided into small teams and trained about vegetation field analysis. Students will work in groups measuring vegetation transects along 6 fixed transects estimating canopy height, measuring species composition, surface albedo and temperature. They will use digital cameras to quantitatively measure fractional cover using a CCD camera and surface temperature with a FLIR. We will likely also include spectroscopic measurements with an ASD. Field measures are a repeat of observations made in 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017, providing a time series of change. Another field trip will be scheduled for April 26th.

Visit #61621 @Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

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Under Project # 27104 | Class

Measuring our Environment

faculty - University of California, Santa Barbara

Reservation Members(s)

Gabriel Daldegan Apr 5, 2019 (1 days)
Group of 25 Undergraduate Student Apr 5, 2019 (1 days)

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Day visit to reserve 27 Apr 5 (6 hours)