Finished dilutions from Lachat run LTAR Lysimeters 6/25/2024.

Acid washed dishes.

Trailer chamber 5-3 and 5-6 overextended, repaired at 2PM (DW).

Weigh and grind LTER plants - Slater, Brian

Dishes - Mae, Olivia

Filter LTAR and Scale-up extracts -

Turned off program to trailer for Christmas break but will use this time to collect air samples to look at MDL further. Will break data up into small pieces for calculations.

Final forest leaf litter collection, collected screens, bungees, and clips, flipped over traps - Brian, Slater

Prepared fresh Phosphate Buffer (1L) 28 gms Sodium Hydroxide pellets 50 gms sodium phosphate dibasic heptahydrate dilute to 1 L with nanopure.

Prepared EDTA Reagent (1L) 66 gms ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid disodium salt dihydrate (EDTA) Approximately 7.0 gms sodium hydroxide pellets ph to 7.03 with NaOH pellets then dilute to volume with nanopure.

Lachat run LTAR lysimeters 6/25/2024

Weigh LTAR December soil and Scale-up L2, M3 soil for extraction and moisture - Mae, Trajana

Field lab clean-up, discard samples - Olivia, Mae

Weigh and grind LTER plants - Slater, Brian

Defrosted LTER freezer in Academic 343.

G1-5, G5-3, G5-4 chamber lids overextended. Repaired and adjusted pressure downwards on compressor to approx. 50psi

Sieve LTAR soil, subsample Scale-up soil - Slater, Brian, Andie, Mae, Olivia

LTAR December soil sampling - Slater, Brian, Andie, Mae

LTER lysimeter leachate collection - Andie, Slater

LTAR 28 gas sampling - Olivia, Mae, Brian, Andie (Hydrosense)

Lachat run LTER Lysimeters 11/14/2023 - finished with all 2023 samples.

Sieve and subsample Scale-up soil - Olivia, Mae

Filter LTER leachate, dishes - Brian, Slater, Andie

LTAR gas vial, tote prep - Alyssa

Weigh plants - Mae

Sieve Scale-up switchgrass soil and subsample all 2024 Scale-up soil for A&L analysis - Olivia, Trajana

Evacuate LTER lysimeters - Alyssa, Olivia, Brian, Mae

LTAR gas chamber prep - Andie, Trajana

Measure T5 poplars - Andie, Trajana, Brian, Mae

Scale-up soil sampling in switchgrass (L2, M3) - Todd, Chris?

Prepared Color Reagent (2 L) 200 ml phosphoric acid 80 gm sulfanilamide, 2.0 gm N-1-naphthylethylenediamine dihydrochloride, Dilute to 2L with Nanopure H2O.

Weigh and grind LTER plants - Mae, Trajana

BAF subsampling - Slater

Dishes - Trajana

Pulverize LTER Gradient soil 2024 - Olivia

LTAR gas data entry - Brian, Olivia

Pack CN - Slater, Andie

Clean out walk-in cooler and organize (remove 2023 from Alyssa’s checklist) - Brian, Andie

Replaced Lachat reagent lines.

Lachat run LTER Lysimeter 10/18/2023.

Reconditioned Cadmium Column.

Lachat runs LTER Lysimeter 8/22/2023 and 9/26/2023.

Weigh and grind LTER plants - Mae, Trajana, Andie

BAF subsampling - Brian

Dishes - Slater, Trajana

Pulverize LTER Gradient soil 2024 - Slater

LTAR gas data entry - Brian

Weigh and grind LTER plants -

BAF subsampling - Trajana

Pulverize LTER Resource Gradient 11/26/2024 to be analyzed for CN - Alyssa trained on use of the Shatterbox

Data entry - Andie

Placed bases on Lux corn this morning. Will let cement set until Monday.

Prepared standards, acid washed dishes.

Lachat run LTER Lysimeters 7/27/2023.

Weigh and grind LTER plants - Brian, Slater

BAF subsampling - Olivia

Measure, filter and archive LTAR leachate - Mae, Trajana