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Taking readings

Using the Emulator mode

You have now configured all the settings necessary to start taking readings,

including setting SunData into

emulator mode, with BFS, and setting the display to

LAI At its simplest, you only need to press Enter twice to take, display and store

each Leaf Area Index reading, and the values it is derived from:

♦ Press

Enter once to

collect and display an

(emulated) reading.

♦ Press

Enter again to

store that reading, and

return to the

Reading

screen.

....or possibly

Use the ←

←←

← →

→→

→ arrow keys

to select

DISCARD before

pressing

Enter, in which

case the reading will not

be stored, ...and

optionally

♦ Use the ←

←←

← →

→→

→ arrow

keys to select

NOTE

before pressing Enter, so that you can add a note to the reading before it is stored.

Fraction of PAR in the

direct solar beam compared

to total incident PAR

(Direct + Diffuse) above

the canopy.

Reading labels uniquely

identify each reading.

They can be edited in the

Next Reading screen by

using the ↑ key.

Current time, and

calculated solar angle.

PAR in µmol.m

-2

-1

above the canopy,

measured by Beam

Fraction sensor.

PAR within the

canopy, measured by

the SunScan probe

(or emulated).

Spread of

readings from

individual

photodiodes

along the probe

wand.

Leaf Area Index, calculated from

the readings shown and the

parameters entered earlier.

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