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81 Tue 11-Feb-1992TIME ERROR ON ALL THREE ADAMS nonetwh
82 Wed 12-Feb-1992/HOME AT 86% AT BACKUP nonetwh
84 Wed 12-Feb-1992MARIGOLD ARCHIVING RESTARTED nonetwh
85 Wed 12-Feb-1992ARCHIVE REDONE nonetwh
90 Thu 13-Feb-1992MARIGOLD ARCHIVING STOPPED nonetwh
91 Thu 13-Feb-1992MORNING STATUS noneOperator
100 Mon 17-Feb-1992soil sample taken noneclm
127 Mon 24-Feb-1992Copied $ASTER/projects/humitter to 8mm nonegdm
129 Mon 24-Feb-1992SOIL SAMPLES: These samples were weighe noneacd
130 Mon 24-Feb-1992Evening status noneacd
145 Fri 28-Feb-1992PROGRAM USE TO CALCULATE SURFACE HEAT F noneacd
196 Tue 10-Mar-1992EXABYTE HASSLES nonetwh
217 Sun 15-Mar-1992EXABYTE WOES nonetwh
220 Sun 15-Mar-1992LOCATION OF SITE nonetwh


81: LOG , Site none, Tue 11-Feb-1992 23:21:12 GMT, TIME ERROR ON ALL THREE ADAMS
TIME ERROR ON ALL THREE ADAMS 
 
A time error occurred on all three adams around 
2100, but no new archive files were opened: 
 
./time_err/rag042212959 opened on fd 135632 
 
./time_err/cos042213127 opened on fd 135612 
 
./time_err/mar042213257 opened on fd 135612 
 
 
82: LOG , Site none, Wed 12-Feb-1992 12:14:41 GMT, /HOME AT 86% AT BACKUP
/HOME AT 86% AT BACKUP 
 
At 1200, /home is at 86% of capacity.  Auto backup 
began successfully at 1210 as scheduled. 
 
 
84: LOG , Site none, Wed 12-Feb-1992 12:57:10 GMT, MARIGOLD ARCHIVING RESTARTED
MARIGOLD ARCHIVING RESTARTED 
 
Marigold apparently stopped archiving sometime 
soon after jd 43 0000.  I restarted archiving 
around 1250. 
 
 
85: LOG , Site none, Wed 12-Feb-1992 12:59:37 GMT, ARCHIVE REDONE
ARCHIVE REDONE 
 
The archive process may have failed this morning, 
so I am rerunning it.  There was no printed output 
and the tape was ejected from the exabyte drive. 
There was also a mail message (which I have lost) 
from crontab indicating some problem with the  
archive of the files in the inter directory. 
 
The second archive was successful. 
 
 
90: LOG , Site none, Thu 13-Feb-1992 00:20:48 GMT, MARIGOLD ARCHIVING STOPPED
MARIGOLD ARCHIVING STOPPED 
 
Marigold archiving stopped, perhaps when we 
were turning the sensors back on that had  
been disconnected for the sonic testing. 
After some difficulty, got marigold reset, 
ingesting and archiving again. 
 
 
91: LOG , Site none, Thu 13-Feb-1992 11:34:36 GMT, MORNING STATUS
MORNING STATUS 
 
/home is at 99% capacity at 11:30. 
 
Gill sonic has been very noisy since yesterday. 
 
10m ATI has been spiking synchronously overnight, 
but not too many occurrences.  
 
4m ATI still has no v component, but u and w are 
clean. 
 
10m prop-vane still down. 
 
 
100: LOG , Site none, Mon 17-Feb-1992 00:00:19 GMT, soil sample taken
soil sample dug at 1400cst 
 
127: LOG , Site none, Mon 24-Feb-1992 16:01:20 GMT, Copied $ASTER/projects/humitter to 8mm
Copied $ASTER/projects/humitter to 8mm tar tape 
and deleted the directory.  This freed up 75 Mbyte 
on $ASTER. 
 
129: LOG , Site none, Mon 24-Feb-1992 20:28:40 GMT, SOIL SAMPLES: These samples were weighe
SOIL SAMPLES: These samples were weighed using an empty Al dish for tare. 
 
DATE TAKEN                RIDGE                             FURROW 
 
                WET    DRY   DIFF  GRAVMOIST     WET    DRY   DIFF  GRAVMOIST   
 JD 	         g      g     g         %         g      g     g        % 
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 54   Sun  A   23.04  18.55  4.49  24.2         31.69  24.71  6.98  28.2 
           B   27.40  21.74  5.66  26.0 = 25.3  31.50  24.56  6.94  28.3 = 28.2 
  Feb 23   C   29.81  23.72  6.09  25.7         36.00  28.04  7.96  28.0 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 55   Mon  A   24.88  19.88  5.00  25.2         26.54  20.81  5.73  27.5 
	   B   29.00  23.09  5.91  25.6 = 25.6  28.82  22.58  6.24  27.6 = 27.8 
  Feb 24   C   29.22  23.17  6.05  26.1         28.48  22.24  6.24  28.4  
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 56   Tue  A   27.67  21.36  6.31  29.5         29.45  23.01  6.44  28.0 
	   B   29.72  22.93  6.79  29.6 = 29.6  26.50  20.67  5.83  28.2 = 28.1 
  Feb 25   C   32.89  25.38  7.51  29.6         30.47  23.78  6.69  28.1 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 57   Wed  A   24.33  19.65  4.68  23.8         30.99  24.66  6.33  25.7 
	   B   30.85  24.17  6.68  27.6 = 25.4  33.24  26.27  6.97  26.5 = 26.3 
  Feb 26   C   34.11  27.36  6.75  24.7         34.04  26.85  7.19  26.8 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 58   Thur A   25.65  20.77  4.88  23.5         30.47  23.65  6.82  28.8 
	   B   28.77  23.19  5.58  24.1 = 24.2  28.57  22.27  6.30  28.3 = 27.9 
  Feb 27   C   34.95  27.96  6.99  25.0         29.91  23.64  6.27  26.5 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 59   Fri  A   28.72  23.40  5.32  22.7         29.35  22.95  6.40  27.9 
	   B   29.23  23.62  5.61  23.8 = 23.7  31.38  24.44  6.94  28.4 = 28.0 
  Feb 28   C   29.89  24.00  5.89  24.5         38.62  30.19  8.43  27.9 
 
 
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 60   Sat  A   29.24  24.13  5.11  21.2         29.13  25.35  3.78  14.9* 
	   B   25.26  20.86  4.40  21.1 = 21.8  29.00  23.55  5.45  23.1 = 23.6 
  Feb 29   C   29.76  24.18  5.58  23.1         34.96  28.20  6.76  24.0 
                                                *not included in average 
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DATE TAKEN                RIDGE                             FURROW 
 
                WET    DRY   DIFF  GRAVMOIST     WET    DRY   DIFF  GRAVMOIST   
 JD 	         g      g     g         %         g      g     g        % 
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 
 61   Sun  A   25.11  19.99  5.12  25.6         28.50  23.11  5.39  23.3 
	   B   26.14  20.80  5.34  25.7 = 25.3  24.47  20.02  4.45  22.2 = 22.5 
  Mar 1    C   31.11  24.94  6.17  24.7         29.00  23.79  5.21  21.9 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 
 62   Mon  A   28.21  21.86  6.35  29.0         29.97  23.27  6.70  28.8 
	   B   28.81  22.35  6.46  28.9 = 28.9  30.79  23.82  6.97  29.3 = 28.8 
  Mar 2    C   29.61  22.98  6.63  28.9         30.36  23.69  6.67  28.2  
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 63   Tue  A   26.30  21.43  4.87  22.7         26.08  20.48  5.60  27.3  
	   B   25.56  20.65  4.91  23.8 = 23.0  29.71  23.42  6.29  26.9 = 27.1 
  Mar 3    C   29.42  24.04  5.38  22.4         27.76  21.84  5.92  27.1 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 64   Wed  A   31.71  24.03  7.68  32.0         33.02  25.55  7.47  29.2 
	   B   26.69  20.40  6.29  30.8 = 31.2  26.00  20.05  5.95  29.7 = 29.5 
  Mar 4    C   32.25  24.65  7.60  30.8         30.61  23.61  7.00  29.6 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 65   Thu  A 
	   B   No samples because of heavy rain 
  Mar 5    C 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 66   Fri  A   36.33  27.20  9.13  33.6         46.01  34.34 11.67  34.0 
	   B   34.66  25.98  8.68  33.4 = 33.6  46.30  34.47 11.83  34.3 = 33.9 
  Mar 6    C   33.83  25.29  8.54  33.8         48.51  36.33 12.18  33.5 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 67   Sat  A   30.89  23.53  7.36  31.3         37.03  27.97  9.06  32.4 
	   B   34.45  26.09  8.36  32.0 = 32.1  40.59  30.60  9.99  32.6 = 32.4 
  Mar 7    C   37.03  27.86  9.17  32.9         40.29  30.48  9.81  32.2 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
DATE TAKEN                RIDGE                             FURROW 
 
                WET    DRY   DIFF  GRAVMOIST     WET    DRY   DIFF  GRAVMOIST   
 JD 	         g      g     g         %         g      g     g        % 
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
 
 68   Sun  A   26.49  20.48  6.01  29.3         33.35  25.24  8.11  32.1 
	   B   28.98  22.44  6.54  29.1 = 29.2  28.71  21.78  6.93  31.8 = 31.8 
  Mar 8    C   28.47  22.03  6.44  29.2         31.43  23.88  7.55  31.6 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 69   Mon  A   24.40  19.00  5.40  28.4         27.39  21.04  6.35  30.2 
	   B   25.78  20.12  5.66  28.1 = 28.3  26.33  20.13  6.20  30.8 = 30.4 
  Mar 9    C   27.96  21.79  6.17  28.3         30.94  23.74  7.20  30.3 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 70   Tue  A   28.26  21.74  6.52  30.0         26.29  20.33  5.96  29.3 
	   B   27.08  20.78  6.30  30.3 = 30.4  26.30  20.33  5.97  29.4 = 29.4 
  Mar 10   C   28.47  21.74  6.73  31.0         30.63  23.64  6.99  29.6 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 71   Wed  A   23.12  18.44  4.68  25.4         30.81  24.18  6.63  27.4 
	   B   32.67  25.94  6.73  25.9 = 25.5  33.69  26.27  7.42  28.2 = 27.8 
  Mar 11   C   32.14  25.70  6.44  25.1         29.86  24.44  5.42  22.2* 
                                                *not included in average 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 72   Thu  A   28.86  22.95  5.91  25.8         31.72  22.75? 8.97  39.4* 
	   B   28.90  22.78  6.12  26.9 = 26.3  35.95  27.86  8.09  29.0 = 28.9 
  Mar 12   C   28.08  22.29  5.79  26.0         36.35  28.24  8.11  28.7 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 73   Fri  A   25.20  20.06  5.14  25.6         32.27  25.91  6.36  24.5 
	   B   21.62  17.37  4.25  24.5 = 24.9  23.68  19.51  4.17  21.4 = 22.8 
  Mar 13   C   30.29  24.33  5.96  24.5         25.81  21.09  4.72  22.4 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 74   Sat  A   23.19  18.22  4.97  27.3         30.04  23.67  6.37  26.9 
	   B   22.24  17.48  4.76  27.2 = 27.2  26.47  20.86  5.61  26.9 = 26.9 
  Mar 14   C   25.32  19.92  5.40  27.1         23.30  18.35  4.95  27.0 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 75   Sun  A 
	   B 
  Mar 15   C 
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130: LOG , Site none, Mon 24-Feb-1992 23:30:41 GMT, Evening status
Evening status 
 The ati.4m is spiking. The other sonics were better. 
 
145: LOG , Site none, Fri 28-Feb-1992 21:00:59 GMT, PROGRAM USE TO CALCULATE SURFACE HEAT F
PROGRAM USE TO CALCULATE SURFACE HEAT FLUX TO BE USED FOR STORMFEST 
 
 THIS PROGRAM IS TO CALCULATE THE SURFACE HEAT FLUX, G, FROM THE  
 8cm HEAT FLUX, G8, AND THE SOIL TEMPERATURES AT 1cm, 3cm, 5cm, AND 7cm 
 
 The relationship used to relate the measured soil heat flux determined at 8cm 
 to the heat flux at the very surface is: 
   Gi  =  G8i +(Csoil * 0.08 * (Tsoil(i+1) - (Tsoil(i-1)) / (t(i+1) - t(i-1)) 
    where: Gi is the surface heat flux at time i 
           G8i is the 8cm heat flux at time i 
           Csoil is the heat capacity of the soil 
           Tsoil(i-1) is the weighted mean temperature of the top 8 cm 
	     of soil at time i-1 
           Tsoil(i+1) is the weighted mean temperature of the top 8 cm 
	     of soil at time i+1 
   Tsoil(i+1) = (T1cm(i+1) + 3*T3cm(i+1) + 3*T5cm(i+1) + T7cm(i+1))/8 
   Tsoil(i-1) = (T1cm(i-1) + 3*T3cm(i-1) + 3*T5cm(i-1) + T7cm(i-1))/8 
           i+1 refers to the data recorded at t(i+1) seconds 
           i-1 refers to the data recorded at t(i-1) seconds 
           (t(i+1) - t(i-1)) is twice the time interval = 2 * 5min = 600s 
 
   Csoil = (1.05 + (6.09 * gravmoist)) * 10**6  
 
 
# The values for the coefficients were derived from estimates of the soil propertites 
# at the Sebetha site. They were provided by Jay Ham, KSU.  
#                    Bulk density = 1.45 g cm-3 
#                    Mineral particle density = 2.65 g cm-3 
#                    Organic material density = 1.00 g cm-3 
#                    Water density            = 1.00 g cm-3 
#                    Volumetric mineral fraction = 0.55 
#                    Volumetric organic fraction = 0.01 
#                    Volumetric water fraction   = 1.45/1.00 * gravmoist 
#  Csoil = (1.9*volumetricminfract + 2.5*volumetricorgfract + 4.2*volumetricwaterfract) 
#         = (1.9*0.55               + 2.5*0.01               + 4.2*1.45*gravmoist) 
#         = (1.05                   + 0.025                ) + 6.09 * gravmoist 
#         = (             1.08                               + 6.09 * gravmoist) 
 
 G should be calculated for each of the three locations, furrow, intermediate, 
 and ridge. 
         Furrow:         Gfur  corresponds to    G1.8cm, T1.soil, and T1.index 
         Intermediate:   Gint  corresponds to    G2.8cm, T2.soil, and T2.index 
         Ridge:          Grid  corresponds to    G3.8cm, T3.soil, and T3.index 
 
 Finally a mean G should be calculated for the surface> 
   G  = (Grid + Gint + Gfur) 
 
NOTE ADDED 21 APRIL 1992  
 
In the field five dirt clod were collected trimmed to a regular 
shape and dried in the oven to constant weight. They were then wax impregnated 
using parawax and a heat gun. They were returned to the lab and on 20 April 
their bulk densities determined using the recorded mass and the volume 
determined by immersion in water contained in a graduated beaker. 
The accuracy of the volume determination was only +/- 5 cm3. 
 
                Clod A       Clod B        Clod C        Clod D        Clod E 
________________________________________________________________________________ 
Dry mass g       74.0          47.9         85.4          70.0          61.3 
Volume   cm3     50            30           60            60            50 
Density g cm-3   1.48          1.60         1.42          1.17          1.23 
 
Bulk density = 1.38 +_ 0.16 g cm-3 
 
 
NOTE ADDED 29 JAN 1993  
 
Samples of the top 8cm of soil had been collected at the site and 
stored in plastic containers in the lab. In order to determine 
mineral particle density a portion of the soil was oven dried at 110 C 
and then three aliquots of ~20.0 cm3 were first weighed dry and then 
saturated with water. 
Sample C' was done 29 Jan, the others on 5 Feb 
 
                     Sample C'      Sample A        Sample B     Sample C 
________________________________________________________________________________ 
Volume         cm3    18.1           20.26           19.76        18.40 
Dry mass       g      19.18          20.56           19.26        19.08 
Sat mass       g      28.54          34.74           29.46        29.05 
Pore water     g      9.36           14.18           10.20         9.97 
 
The following relationships were applied: 
       bulkdensity*             = dry.mass/volume 
       watervolfrac*            = (pore.water/volume) * waterdensity 
                                = ((sat.mass - drymass)/volume) * 1.0 
       minvolfrac               = 1 - watervolfrac* 
                                = 1 - ((sat.mass - drymass)/volume) * 1.0 
       mindens                  = (dry.mass/volume)/minvolfrac 
				= bulkdensity*/minvolfrac 
                                  
 
                     Sample C'      Sample A        Sample B     Sample C 
________________________________________________________________________________ 
bulk density*  g cm-3 1.06           1.02            0.98         1.04 
watervolfrac          0.52           0.70            0.52         0.54 
minvolfrac            0.48           0.30            0.48         0.46 
mindens        g cm-3 2.21           3.40            2.04         2.26 
 
NB  bulkdensity* is not the true bulkdensity = blkdens obtained 
from the measurement of soil clods. bulkdensity* is the effective 
density of the dried sieved soil which is processed to determine the 
mineral grain density. 
Likewise watervolfrac* is also a parameter used solely for this purpose. 
 
A value of mindens and of minvolfrac were calculated from the mean of the 
above, ignoring Sample A  
 
Mindens      = 2.17 +_ 0.09 g cm-3    
Minvolfrac   = 0.47 +_ 0.01 
Bulk density = 1.38 +_ 0.16 g cm-3 
 
 
An upgrade can be made to the previous estimate of Csoil 
 
# The values for the coefficients were derived from the soil properties 
# of samples taken at the Sebetha site and analysed in the lab.   
#                    Bulk density = 1.38 g cm-3 
#                    Mineral particle density = 2.17 g cm-3 
#                    Organic material density = 1.00 g cm-3 
#                    Water density            = 1.00 g cm-3 
#                    Volumetric mineral fraction = 0.47 
#                    Volumetric organic fraction = 0.01 
#                    Volumetric water fraction   = 1.38/1.00 * gravmoist 
#  Csoil = (1.9*volumetricminfract + 2.5*volumetricorgfract + 4.2*volumetricwaterfract) 
#         = (1.9*0.47               + 2.5*0.01               + 4.2*1.38*gravmoist) 
#         = (0.89                   + 0.025                ) + 5.80 * gravmoist 
#         = (             0.92                               + 5.80 * gravmoist) 
 
   Csoil = (0.89 + (5.80 * gravmoist)) * 10**6  
 
196: LOG , Site none, Tue 10-Mar-1992 16:35:47 GMT, EXABYTE HASSLES
EXABYTE HASSLES 
 
During the morning backup, the Exabyte stopped 
with error messages.  I recycled power and it 
still stopped.  I cleaned the heads (wet cleaning), 
recycled power, and it still stopped.  Finally, 
I put in a different tape and the backup was 
completed successfully. 
 
 
217: LOG , Site none, Sun 15-Mar-1992 18:05:11 GMT, EXABYTE WOES
EXABYTE WOES 
 
Completed today's backup only after cyling 
power many times, cleaning the heads, and 
trying several tapes. 
 
 
220: LOG , Site none, Sun 15-Mar-1992 23:40:18 GMT, LOCATION OF SITE
LOCATION OF SITE 
 
Site is located in section 3 of R. 14 E,  
T. 2 S in Nemaha Cty, KS, 2 miles west  
of the town of Sabetha.  The psychrometer 
tower is located ~170 yds east of the  
west boundary of the section and on  
the boundary between the northern and  
southern halves of the section.