2016 NGEE August Nome Trip

Second Trip:

August 11 - 19

Second Trip To Do List:

• @ Teller
  • Lower Station turn into full met 3m tripod located closer to shrubs
    • soil pit
    • 1.5m soil temps?
    • snow
    • radiation
    • probably split off surface water sensors onto a different logger (maybe the cr800 up top or else a new one)
    • airtemp & Precip
    • 3m anemometer
    • use self tapping screw to keep animals from removing precip bucket lid.
  • Upper station
    • soil pit in the low area
    • new solar panel
    • real batteries in a battery box
    • super animal protection.

• @ Kougraok M64
  • if we get permission then site at the top perhaps?
• Existing Sites @ Kougarok
  • Remove lowest section of K-met Tower?
  • Level radiometers
  • level precip buckets
  • general sensor refresh

• Existing Sites @ Council
  • Remove lowest section of Tower? @ blueberry hill
  • Level radiometers
  • level precip buckets
  • general sensor refresh
  • spend one or two nights with Mike Murphy to reduce travel times?
  • radiometer setup to Grid site
  • put in ground control point

New ~mile 60 Kougarok site

• radiation
• heat flux
• put in ground control point

8/11

• Arrive @ around Noon
• Pick up vehicle
• Pick up freight
• Visit Anvil Mountain and swap out batteries.
• Get groceries
• Pack vehicle for 8/12

8/12 & 8/13

• Go to Teller
• @Top Put up permanent site
  • tripod
  • camera
  • batteries
  • battery box
  • solar panel
  • logger
  • radiometer
  • additional box for multiplexer
  • multiplexer
  • Met Sensors
    • AT/RH
    • RM Young WS/WD
    • Snow Depth
    • Precipitation?
  • Soil Pit
    • SDI12 Soil Moisture
    • Soil Thermal Conductivity
    • Heat Flux Plate
  • 1.5m Soil temperature?
  • Cable Armoring for everything exposed
  • Reuse for SW station:
    • small battery
    • small solar panel
    • CR800
• @ SW station
  • Move instrument box to the small stand
  • Reprogram CR800 & power back up. (I'm still torn on doing this this year or next year...)
• @ Snowmelt Logger
  • Reuse Snowmelt Yellow box & Logger for permanent site.
  • Met Sensors
    • AT/RH
    • RM Young WS/WD
    • Snow Depth
  • Soil Pit
    • SDI12 Soil Moisture
    • Soil Thermal Conductivity
    • Heat Flux Plate
  • 1.5m Soil temperature?
  • tripod
  • camera
  • batteries
  • battery box
  • solar panel
  • Cable Armoring for everything exposed
• Use Survey GPS to lock in positions of all instrumentation (before move and after!)
• Make a discharge measurement
• Level precip bucket
• Bring a drill & self-tapping screw to lock tipping bucket in place.

8/14 - 8/16

• FUEL UP!!!!
• If the weather cooperates, hike up and visit the Kigluaiks Sites
  • download data
  • reorient antenna if needed
  • see if there is anything we can take down from the smashed up site
• Plan A: Recon the Kougarok site
• Plan B: save Kougarok_m64 site for '17 or put instruments @ Pilgrim hot springs
• @Kougarok_m64
  • tripod
    • still mulling this one since we will be dragging all this stuff up the hill.
  • batteries
  • battery enclosure
  • Met Instruments
    • AT/RH
    • Precip?
    • RM Young WS/WD
    • Snow Depth
  • Soil Pit
    • SDI12 Soil Moisture
    • Soil Thermal Conductivity
    • Heat Flux Plate
  • 1.5m Soil temperature?
• what am I forgetting here?
• ...where to camp for 8/14...

Anemometer notes

Testing each anemometer for

• propeller torque using anemometer torque disc (18310)
  • moved with 0.2 gm-cm (a black nylon screw at 2cm radius). factory spec is 2.6 gm-cm, so this is much better
  • tested both Clock Wise(CW) and Counter Clock Wise (CCW)
• Wind speed using anemometer drive (18802)
  • @200rpm = 0.98m/s. @1000rpm = 4.9m/s. @2000rpm = 9.8m/s
  • tested both CW and CCW
• Vane Torque using Vane Torque Gauge (18331)
  • mount the gauge, pull the string, if it moves with < 30 gm-cm of torque, golden.
  • tested both CW and CCW
• Wind Direction using Vane Angle Fixture Tower Mount (18212)
  • checked 3 directions, all within 1 degree of accuracy