Friday & Saturday – 09/18-19/2010

• Have a home ftp server up and running for large image sharing with Carnegie. Setup was difficult due to the dynamic ip of our router (dyndns is a good solution to get a static server address), its firewall, virtual server port forwarding, windows firewall with inbound/outbound port access rules, sophos antivirus, defender, passive port ranges, etc… two days later i feel sort of an pseudo-expert in ftp setup! a new skill :)
• Organizing job and post-doctoral applications, need to have this done in the next few days to meet deadlines for letters of recommendation, etc…
• Entering LAI data (1/2 way there)
• Field work for LAI collection in the lower valley of the giants forest today in the late afternoon when diffuse light fraction is high enough…direct sunlight will reduce calculated LAI readings by up to 50% due to reflection off leaf surfaces.