Tuesday 06/15/2010

• LiCOR protocol complete – light curves and induction rates.
• Designing a backpack to carry LiCOR in the field.
• Getting a larger battery supply for extended field data collection. Built off a lawn tractor battery and a dismantled LiCOR battery.
• Finishing construction of leaf oven drier and testing.
• Ordered backup batteries for HOBO data loggers and recharging desiccant packages prior to deployment.
• CR-10x code complete to include both minute windspeed and PAR data as well as sunfleck data (every 2 seconds) once every hour. Data storage requirements were adjusted and will work for 2 week intervals.
• Received permit to enter field yesterday (after 2 months waiting!).