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    Measuring Daily Light Integral with the

    LI-1500 Light Sensor Logger


    Quick Start Guide

    The LI-1500 allows for simple configuration of automated Using the LI-1500 to Calculate DLI
    sampling to compute daily light integral (DLI) from PAR
    This tutorial assumes you have read sections 1 and 3 of the
    readings captured by LI-COR quantum sensors. This quick
    LI-1500 user manual and have basic familiarity with your
    start guide demonstrates DLI calculation using the LI-1500
    instrument.
    with the LI-190R Quantum Sensor.
    Note: you should connect your LI-1500 to AC power
    What is DLI?
    when collecting data over extended periods of time. Leave
    DLI is a measure of the total amount of light received in a the power on and do not enable sleep mode.
    single day in a particular area. DLI can be used to quantify
    photosynthetically-active radiation (PAR) as moles of
    photons per square meter per day. DLI varies depending on Add a New Configuration
    latitude, time of year, and cloud cover, and ranges from 5 to Before logging measurements, you must create a new con-
    60 mol m -2 d-1 in the United States (Korczynski, et.al., figuration for DLI. This will allow you to reuse the same
    2002). configuration with new log files each time you want to take
    Quantum sensors are designed to directly measure the DLI measurements. The sampling rate and logging interval
    instantaneous number of moles of PAR (in units of PPFD - parameters can be modified for your individual research
    photosynthetic photon flux density). DLI is calculated as the needs, but the configuration below is a good starting point.
    time integral of the series of instantaneous PPFD readings
    1 Press Menu and navigate to Configurations. Select
    ( Qi) taken at regular intervals ( Δti). As long as the instant- <Add New Config> at the top of this menu. Press
    aneous measurements are taken at regular intervals, Δti is OK and name your configuration "DLI." Press OK.
    the same for all terms in the summation.
    2 Leave the default Active value as Yes.
    3 Scroll down and select Inputs, then IN1. This
    launches the Select Light Sensor menu. If you have
    previously added your sensor, select it from this
    menu. If not, add it by selecting <Add
    New Sensor>. Choose the sensor type and enter the
    serial number and multiplier value. Press Exit, and
    Exit again to return to the configuration details menu.
    4 Update the Samp Rate (sampling rate) to 0.1 Hz.
    5 Leave the default Range as Auto.
    6 Scroll down and select Outputs and <Add New Out-
    put>. Scroll down to Math and name the output as
    Depending on the application or research question, the time "DINT" (or "DLI," or something else you will recognize
    integral of incident light may be a more useful tool than the in the data file). Press OK . In the next screen, press
    instantaneous flux of light. OK on Operation. Scroll down and select Daily
    Light Integral. Press OK . Scroll down to Param:
    and choose INPUT1 Light. Press OK . Press Exit,
    and Exit again to return to the configuration details
    menu.

    1
    7 Scroll down to Routine, press OK , and select Daily. 1 To view the file on the LI-1500, press MENU and
    Here, you will program your measurement interval. select Data and then Files. Select View to open your
    Change the default Log Every option to 15 Min. file. Session Info displays the file metadata, while
    Enter your Start and Stop times. This configuration Records shows individual measurement details.
    routine will take one measurement every fifteen 2 To view your data on your PC, first connect the LI-
    minutes for your specified sampling interval to gen- 1500 to your computer via USB. It will appear as a
    erate the PPFD/Time curve from which DLI is cal- mass storage drive named LI-1500. Open the Data
    culated. folder on the LI-1500 drive, locate the desired log .txt
    8 Press Exit until you have returned to the initial display file, and drag a copy of it to a known directory on your
    screen. Among other display items, you should be see- PC.
    ing real-time PAR readings from INPUT1, CONFIG Recall that you named the output DINT in the Math
    should read DLI, and STATUS should be read Not option of the Add New Output window. This is
    Logging. where DLI values are placed in the dataset.

    Set Up File, Start, and Stop Logging


    Once you have created your DLI configuration, you should
    follow these steps to use this configuration for data logging.

    1 From the initial display screen, press START STOP


    from the LI-1500 keypad and choose New File.
    Name your file and enter a remark if necessary for
    your records.
    2 Press OK. You will be returned to the initial display
    screen, and Display should read Logging.
    3 When your measurement interval is finished, press
    START STOP to stop logging measurements. On the
    initial display screen, STATUS should read Not Log-
    ging.

    If you capture measurements for more than one day,


    Access Your Data Files the DLI value will reset to zero and start again at the
    The DLI data that are computed by the LI-1500 are stored in next configured start time.
    files that can be opened on the LI-1500 console or down-
    loaded for viewing on your PC. References
    P.C. Korczynski, J. Logan, and J.E. Faust. 2002. Mapping
    monthly distribution of daily light integrals across the con-
    tiguous United States. Hort. Tech. 12:12-16.

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