Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

03 Apr, 10 AM - 03 Apr, 03 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, and 2019, providing a time series of change. Two other field trips are scheduled for later in the quarter. In response to covid 19, the number of students on each trip will be limited to 8, and students will have to get themselves to Coal Oil Point by bike (or walking). Students will be required to wear N95 masks (the Department will buy them), practice social distancing (8 feet required by UCSB) and will remain in small groups (pods) throughout the field trip to minimize possible exchange of virus from instrumentation. Instrumentation (e.g., hand held radiometers, digital camera) will be operated by a single student throughout the trip. Three trips are planned, with the first scheduled for April 3rd.

Visit #70626 @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)

Chris Kibler Apr 3, 2021 (1 days)
Group of 8 Undergraduate Student Apr 3, 2021 (1 days)
Dar Roberts Apr 3, 2021 (1 days)

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