2017 NGEE March Nome Trip

Just a skeleton of a beginning but wanted a place to collect scraps of ideas etc.

To Do Yet

• Helicopter Safety Plan
• Renew Tracker plans for field season
• Make sure GPS systems are compatible between groups
• PR for & Ship stuff (to Nome Gnome?)

Snow Survey Gear

• 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes
  • have one long sensor that still needs to be found.
• 3x Snow density tube
• 1x magnaprobe
• Lots of ziplocs
• snow scale
• short power point on snow survey techniques
• one pager for fieldbooks on what to do
• I think UAF will bring out 4 or 5 pairs of snow shoes plus one pair of skis
• sled
• small actionpacker

Cameras

• pole?
• email vicky about noodles

To Purchase yet

• ziplocs
• rebar
• deadman supplies for markers

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3/20

• Bob Busey (Noon) & LANL Crew (Evening) arrive in Nome
• Hotel opens @ 3pm
• pick up stuff from cargo
  • gear
  • safety equipment
• groceries

3/21

• Lily Cohen & Bob Bolton arrive in Nome
• Hotel opens @ 3pm
  • get settled.
  • get groceries

Survey marker trip day:

• 8am start
• 10am arrive on-site and set up survey gps system
• 10:45 snowmachine to the top of the drainage. Work down the hill deploying mark
• ~7 hrs to deploy markers for UAV/helo
  • Stop sign
  • rebar protection
  • rebar
• evening: return to Nome.

3/22

• Begin snow surveys in Teller