Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Tuesday – 10/27/09 – 5:45 am

  • Angelica work day – download and geo-reference RS satellite imagery.
  • Make new biomass correlation statistics for chap. 3
  • Make descriptive figure (niche width)
  • Continue formatting tables
  • Finalize sensor hanging array system for Wednesday field work.
  • Test sensor weatherproofing – email to arrange tower installation date next week.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Monday – 10/26/09 – 8 am

  • Field work cancelled due to injury
  • Received new BF3!!! Will begin setup and testing if possible here at the house.
  • Arrange for installation of BF3 next week if possible.
  • Finalize microclimate sensor hanging system, bought the parts just need to install them.
  • Collecting wood density values for all species (220 sps.) in Chapter 3.
  • Continue final statistics and figures for PNAS chapter 3 article.
  • Yeah, finished the biomass, wood density, and a great figure.. yeah!!!!! Here is a preliminary version below…

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Saturday – 10/24/09 – 8 am

  • Decide on figures and tables for Bolivia article (PNAS)
  • Finalize hanging mechanisms for interior forest sensors
  • Download images for Costa Rica project
  • Continue geo-referencing imagery for Peru Amazon project

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Thursday – 10/21/09 – 8 am

  • Fighting the flu, had to cancel field work today
  • Working on Bolivia chapter 3 analyses
  • New BF3 shipped directly to us from England, should have it within a week.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Wednesday – 10/21/09 – 8 am

  • Check all traverse gear
  • Pack all equipment for LAD collection tomorrow
  • Finish entering questionnaires
  • Continue statistical analysis of Bolivia data

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Tuesday – 10/20/09 – 5 am

  • Write inter-variable correlation analysis code for Bolivia project.
  • Finish writing up results section.
  • Finish any missing statistical analyses.
  • Make a list of figures for article vs... appendix.
  • Angelica work day – enter >= 10 PEN questionnaires.
  • Finish microclimate field hanging system.
  • Check all traverse climbing gear and organize for tomorrow.
  • Check all equipment for leaf area profiles for tomorrow.

Monday, October 19, 2009

Monday – 10/19/09 – 7:30 am

  • Download microclimate data (Cr10x, HOBOs)
  • Write R code for data organization / merging
  • Finish sensor design/construction of installation method
  • Finish statistical analysis for Bolivia project

- recheck highlighted numbers in tables

  • Decide on most important figures for article

- appendix Vs. main text

  • Organize family information for all trees in Bolivia structure dataset.
  • Windspeed calibration successful. Differences due to different locations at the test site.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Sunday – 10/18/09 – 8 am

  • Finish flow chart for Bolivia analysis
  • Redo previous analyses as necessary
  • Write R code for final analyses and descriptive stats
  • Download all sensor data (CR-10x and HOBOs)
  • Compare for climate data validity (wind, temp, rH, PAR)
  • Start R code for climate data organization and merging
  • Enter PEN questionnaires for Angelica

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Saturday – 10/17/09 – 8 am

  • Visit new future field work site – Hakalau
  • Input PEN questionnaires to meet deadline.

Friday, October 16, 2009

Friday – 10/16/09 – 5 am

  • Monte carlo R code (finish) 5-7 am
  • Priority RS for Brazil nut sustainability project
  • IDL coding for image cleaning and manipulation
  • Collection of image statistics

Example classification, red = deforestation 2000-2005, Peru trans-oceanic road impacts. Logging roads are visible.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Thursday – 10/15/09 – 5 am

  • Angelica PEN data entry 7-6 pm
  • R scripting for Bolivia project: 5-7 am
  • Delta-T identified problem with our previous 2 BF3 units. There is a seal error in the recently constructed units. I should hopefully have a new working unit within a week!

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Wednesday – 10/14/09 – 5:15 am

  • monte carlo R code (continue)
  • finish datalogger weather storage unit
  • install hobo software on field laptop
  • connect sensors and check data quality
  • check traverse equipment and make checklist
  • laup keys return / checkout
  • bf3 update (sensors status in England)
  • finish sewing desiccant bags
  • given time to field and download weather data, install new CR-200 programs
  • Success! (11:44 am) – datalogger, sensors and HOBOs all working correctly. Collecting data now for the next 5 days for calibration/verification.
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          Tuesday, October 13, 2009

          Tuesday – 10/13/09 – 6:30 am

          • Angelica work day – entering PEN questionnaires

          Monday, October 12, 2009

          Monday – 10/12/2009 – 7 am

          • Complete review for Biological Conservation (priority).
          • Chap 3. Continue writing R code for primary forest age error assessment.
          • Finish interior forest microclimate sensor setup and datalogger housing units.
          • Finish sewing desiccant mesh bags.
          • Install sensor setup outside house for rest of week to error check and inter-calibrate climate data.
          • Continue readings PDFs on C & N stable isotopes
          • 6 pm. construction completed on microclimate sensors!

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          Saturday, October 10, 2009

          Saturday – 09/10/2009 – 8 am

          • Angelica work day – entering questionnaires
          • Sewing desiccant bags
          • Continue R scripting Monte Carlo error code
          • Finish review for Biological Conservation
          • Learning about MODIS imagery…how to download and process.

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          Friday, October 9, 2009

          Friday – 10/09/2009 – 5:05 am

          • Have initial results from phylogenetic analysis – wrote R code to enable Monte Carlo runs on errors
          • Learn Phylocon v.4.1 and R picante package for phylogenetic analysis. Making big progress on this section.
          • Continue coding R error code, work to include phylogenetic analysis as well as linear regressions
          • Construct weather proof data logger containers for microclimate sensors.
          • Continue organizing bibliography (mendeley)
          • Read isotope articles and incorporate into MS

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          Thursday, October 8, 2009

          Thursday – 10/08/2009 – 6:40 am

          • Angelica assistant day: enter PEN questionnaires
          • Continue coding R program to check variables in Bolivia chapter.
          • Design and construct datalogger weather proof shells
          • Design and construct desiccant storage bags

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          Wednesday, October 7, 2009

          Wednesday – 10/07/2009 – 6:20 am

          • Continue analysis of species mean age Vs. leaf nutrients
          • Continue writing methods for chapter 3.
          • Finish construction of interior forest sensors.
          • Finish migrating work from laptop to desktop
          • Posted my research bibliography online for eventual use by colleagues in Latin America and elsewhere. Weblink is:

          http://www.mendeley.com/collections/103232/0-All-Documents/

          • Interesting updates to Bolivia succession project. See PDF download at:

          http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1447763/Broadbent_Chap_3_Bolivia_Succesion_Update_100709.pdf

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          • New report on illegal logging worldwide featuring Asnerlab selective logging / forest degradation research. See link below for PDF:

          http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1447763/Global%20Witness_2009_Vested%20Interests_Industrialloggingandcarbonintropicalforests.pdf

          Tuesday, October 6, 2009

          Tuesday - 10/06/2009 – 8 am

          • Working at home – Angelica assistant day
          • Review due for Biological Conservation Journal
          • Continue organizing / writing Bolivia article (chap. 3)
          • Most of today: entering PEN questionnaires from Peru
          • Continuing work on interior forest microclimate sensor construction.

          Monday, October 5, 2009

          Monday – 10/05/2009 – 6:30 am

          • Work hours: 6:30 am – 6 pm
          • Dealing with broken BF3, the third one. Finally figured out the design issue which Delta-T will hopefully resolve and send me a new one promptly.
          • Fix problem with bibliographic software. (solved, 7:20 am)
          • Read articles on stable nitrogen isotopes. Many new ones downloaded.
          • Continue designing tower climbing safety & rescue course for IPIF. This is necessary for Angelica and I to get certified so we can maintain and fix issues with the BF3 sunshine sensor.
          • Continue data analysis for Bolivia chapter 3. Rachel is helping with the phylogenetic analysis which should be done within a week.
          • Finish designing and constructing interior forest hanging array. Half completed today (6 pm).
          • Download link for Bolivia succession research update:

          http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1447763/Broadbent_Chap_3_Bolivia_Succesion_Update_092709.pdf

          Saturday, October 3, 2009

          Saturday - 10/03/2009 – 5:45 am

          • Work hours: 5:40 am – 8 pm
          • made  dataset for phylogenetic analyses with Rachel
          • Modified CR20o code for Vaisalas, trying to get their data equivalent with the tower bucket data. However, I learned the tower bucket is not calibrated so will trust the Vaisala data.
          • Entered Angelica’s questionnaires into Access.
          • Refined bibliographic software and database.
          • Dealing with 2nd broken BF3 sunshine sensor. Apparently a problem in the batch with the weatherproofing. See photo below for what 7 days with only slight rain did to to the 2800$ unit.

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