2007 September Nome Trip

Overview

Here's what I see for the final Nome trip activities (suggested dates 9/13 - 9/17):

• Install snow depth sensors
• pull net radiometers
• pick up atv from morgans
• Survey the Niagra gulch
• council thaw grid
• kougarok thaw grid
• pull Niagara & Kuzitrin stations completely
• Visit Skookum / Look for animal chews on the blueberry site radio cables (to improve communication to the council sites).
• gage Kuzitrin & Snake rivers

NWS Snake River gage

Itinerary

Breaking down into days and a proposed itinerary for Nome:

9/13 Thursday

• Fly out in the PM for Nome on Ak Air
• Stay at hotel

9/14 Friday

• Pick up ATV @ Morgan's (hours 9-6)
• Council Thaw grid
• Winterize Council stations
  • Pull Net Radiometers
  • Install a snow sensor @ C2 blueberry
  • Replace snow sensor @ C1 Grid
  • Replace precip bucket @ C2
  • Replace Radio cable @ C2...
• If radio cable at K2 isn't damaged then visit Skookum to look for damage up there

• Stay at hotel in Nome

9/15 Saturday

• Get some groceries (although we still have a lot of food out there so it won't need to be much)
• Gage Snake
• Kuzitrin Site
  • Gage w/ Rivercat
  • Pull the site
• Visit K2 10m met
  • Pull Net Radiometer
  • Replace Snow sensor
• Niagara Creek
  • Survey gully & do thaw depths
  • Gage creek one last time
  • Pull station
• Stay at Cabin in Kougarok

9/16 Sunday

• Kougarok thaw grid
• Visit K1 Burn
  • Add snow sensor
  • Pull Net Radiometer
• Visit K3 Mauze Gulch
  • Replace snow sensor
  • Pull Net Radiometer
• Inventory Nome Storage
• Stay at hotel in Nome

9/17 Monday

• Air Cargo some stuff back to Fairbanks (To yet be determined)
• Fly back to Fairbanks on Ak Air (In two groups perhaps?)