Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

28 Feb, 12 PM - 01 Mar, 12 PM

The exact the locations of the sensors around the weather stations has not been decided, and is subject to your approval on site. I'd like to coordinate with each of you when we get there to go over the exact placement before any work is done. Kevin is planning on being there, as is the new weather station tech Chris Wong (UCB), and the technical team from Northern Arizona University who are also handling the Southwest Experimental Garden Array installations, along with some faculty and Rafa (Barry's postdoc). Sensors: Phenocam (Susan Mazer UCSB relevant faculty) installed on the weather station tower, connected to solar (see below for power specs) Hobo Data loggers and temperature sensors deployed where and when organisms experience critical thresholds influencing fitness and survival. (Barry Sinervo UCSC relevant faculty), deployed proximal to the weather station, only ground disturbance may be a small metal stake to elevate a temp sensor. Ideally we will install air/soil environmental sensors at an array of relevant heights and soil depths in grass/forb/shrub (2 WiSARDs (datalogger) per site), and tree communities at each site (4 WiSARDs per site) and (2 WiSARDs per site for ectothermic and endothermic vertebrates). We will instrument the wood shelters of Neotoma species, the woodrats, found at all the sites, along with a more diverse assemblage of lizard species. small linux server to anchor the sensors sap flow sensor (Todd Dawson UCB relevant faculty) - these are likely to be installed on a later visit, and we would like to instrument the following reserve specific species, if possible and near the weather station: Deep Canyon - P. monophylla (or edulis) Granites - P. monophylla (or hybrid) Effect of water-temperature interaction on trees: We will deploy HRM-method sap flux probes (used by ISEECI collaborator Todd Dawson in a complementary network of 150 trees across northern CA) in trees at each site to measure whole tree water movement during day and night (on the East, South and West sides of each tree, N= 3 per tree across 3 trees at 15 sites) to calibrate each species on sap fluxes on eastern, western and southern tree exposures. We complement sap flux probes with soil temperature and moisture sensors Power requirements: The solar systems we designed for FSML provide 456 A-Hr of battery power to cover two days with no sunlight. The size of the system is dictated by the phenocams which draw 4 Amps (which is lot for a small device). The PV systems consist of two large batteries in a metal insulated battery box, a charge controller and an 85 Watt PV panel and a DC-DC converter to condition power. Panel - http://www.solar-electric.com/so85wa12voso.html Battery Box - http://www.solar-electric.com/batteries-meters-accessories/batteries/baraen/dpwsobaen/pomobaen/pomoenfor2co1.html These guys have mounts to go on a pole, the battery box could be lifted off the ground a bit on a wooden stool if necessary. Its heavy enough that wind will not be a problem.

Visit #44489 @Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center

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Under Project # 32432 | Research

ISEECI Collaborative Research: Ecophysiological Instruments for Measuring Biotic Climate Impacts Across Western Field Stations

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Chris Porter Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2016 (3 days)
Christopher Wong Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2016 (3 days)
Kevin Browne Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2016 (3 days)
Rafael Resendiz Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2016 (3 days)
Paul Heinrich Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2016 (3 days)
Laurel Fox Feb 28 - Mar 1, 2016 (3 days)

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