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Delta SunScan User Manual (86 pages)

Canopy Analysis System

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Table of Contents
3
Introduction

6
- How to Use the Manuals
  
  6
  - Organisation of this Manual
    6
- The Sunscan Canopy Analysis System
  
  6
  - PAR Measurements
    6
  - Sunscan Probe
    7
  - Beam Fraction Sensor
    7
  - Data Collection Terminal
    7
  - Sundata Software
    7
  - Field Accessories
    7
Getting Started

8
- Preliminary Checks
  
  8
  - The Workabout and Sunscan Probe
    8
  - Checking the Workabout Hardware
    9
- Installing the Sundata S/W in Your PC
  
  10
  - The Sundata S/W Diskette
    10
  - Installing the S/W
    10
- Running Sundata
  
  11
  - Setting up Your Pc's COM Port
    11
- Communication Checks
  
  12
  - Sunscan Probe to PC
    12
  - Workabout to PC
    12
- Running Sundata in Windows
  
  13
Sunscan Tutorial

14
- About this Tutorial
  
  14
  - What You will Learn
    14
  - Using a Portable PC Instead of the Workabout
    14
- Working with the Workabout
  
  14
  - Powering up
    14
  - Navigating Around the Workabout
    14
  - What to Do if You Get Lost
    15
  - Starting Sundata in the Workabout
    15
- Using a PC Instead of the Workabout
  
  16
  - Starting the PC Software
    16
- Setting up a Measurement Session
  
  18
  - Working through the Menu Options
    18
  - File Saving
    19
  - Hot Keys
    19
- Taking Readings
  
  20
- Reviewing Your Data File
  
  24
- Transferring the Data File to Your PC
  
  25
  - Initiating the File Transfer from the Workabout
    26
  - RS232 Communication Problems
    28
- Conclusion of the Tutorial
  
  28
- Sundata Screens on the Workabout
  
  29
Menus and Screens

30
More Psion and File Handling Notes

33
Measurement Options

41
- Experiment Design
  
  41
- Advice on Absorption and ELADP Values
  
  44
  - Absorption
    44
  - Eladp
    44
  - Relationship between Mean Leaf Angle and ELADP
    45
- Sunscan System Measurement Modes
  
  46
  - Workabout Setup
    46
  - The Autolog Function
    47
- Measurement Procedures in the Field
  
  48
LAI Theory

54
Technical Reference Section

64
- Troubleshooting
  
  67
- Technical Support
  
  69
  - Distributor Contact
    69
  - Direct Delta-T Contact
    69
  - Guarantee
    69
  - Problem Reports
    69
  - Sunscan Circuit Schematics and Data
    69
  - Locating Version and Serial Numbers
    69
- Specifications
  
  70
  - Sunscan Probe Type SS1
    70
  - Beam Fraction Sensor Type BF1
    70
  - Data Collection Terminal Type DCT1 (Psion Workabout)
    70
  - PC as Data Collection Device
    70
  - Carrying Case Type SCC1
    71
  - Telescopic Tripod Type BFT1
    71
  - Spares Kit Type SPS1
    71
  - Logging Cables
    71
- PAR Performance
  
  72
  - Spectral Response
    72
  - Cosine Responses of Probe and BFS
    73
Appendices

74
- Logging the Probe as a Linear Quantum Sensor
  
  74
- Logging the Beam Fraction Sensor
  
  75
- Upgrading the Sunscan System
  
  76
- File Transfer between Workabout and PC
  
  77
  - Choice of Different Programs
    77
  - Psiwin
    77
  - SLINK and RCOM
    78
  - Example Using SLINK
    78
  - Example Using RCOM
    80
  - Documentation of RCOM and SLINK
    80
- Alternative File Transfer Mechanisms
  
  81
- Glossary
  
  82
Index

84

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Table of Contents

Introduction

How to Use the Manuals

The Sunscan Canopy Analysis System

Getting Started

Preliminary Checks

Installing the Sundata S/W in Your PC

Running Sundata

Communication Checks

Running Sundata in Windows

Sunscan Tutorial

About this Tutorial

Working with the Workabout

Using a PC Instead of the Workabout

Setting up a Measurement Session

Taking Readings

Reviewing Your Data File

Transferring the Data File to Your PC

Conclusion of the Tutorial

Sundata Screens on the Workabout

Menus and Screens

More Psion and File Handling Notes

Navigating Psion Directories and Screens

Data Memory Management

Configuration and Data File Handling

Displaying Data Files on Your PC

Measurement Options

Experiment Design

Advice on Absorption and ELADP Values

Sunscan System Measurement Modes

Measurement Procedures in the Field

LAI Theory

Ingredients of the LAI Computation Method

Derivation of Wood's Sunscan Canopy Analysis Equations

Functions Used to Model Canopy Transmission

Scientific References

Maintenance and Repair

Technical Reference Section

Troubleshooting

Technical Support

Specifications

PAR Performance

Appendices

Logging the Probe as a Linear Quantum Sensor

Logging the Beam Fraction Sensor

Upgrading the Sunscan System

File Transfer between Workabout and PC

Alternative File Transfer Mechanisms

Glossary

Index

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