Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

15 May, 10 AM - 15 May, 03 PM

This is the third, and last visit to Coal Oil Point for Geography 175 this quarter. Students taking Geography 175 were introduced to the Micromet tower deployed at Coal Oil Point. As one done previously, they 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.

Visit #71557 @Coal Oil Point Natural Reserve

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Under Project # 27104 | Class

Measuring our Environment

faculty - University of California, Santa Barbara

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Dar Roberts May 15, 2021 (1 days)
Chris Kibler May 15, 2021 (1 days)
Group of 8 Undergraduate Student May 15, 2021 (1 days)

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