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* Decide if PDF Maps is worth purchasing or if an alternative is better | * Decide if PDF Maps is worth purchasing or if an alternative is better | ||
* 3/18/2017: Call Builders Industrial Supply to order 5/8" rebar | * 3/18/2017: Call Builders Industrial Supply to order 5/8" rebar | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===To Purchase=== | ||
| + | * fieldbooks | ||
| + | * rebar | ||
| + | * | ||
===Helicopter Safety Gear=== | ===Helicopter Safety Gear=== | ||
| − | * Helmets | + | * Helmets are at post office. |
* one tent in Fairbanks, one tent in Nome storage | * one tent in Fairbanks, one tent in Nome storage | ||
| − | * | + | * 2 stoves in Fairbanks |
| − | * emergency bivys | + | ** fuel going hazmat on NAC |
| + | * emergency bivys in Fairbanks | ||
| + | * sleeping bags: 2 in nome storage, 1 here | ||
| + | |||
===Things to ship=== | ===Things to ship=== | ||
* Solar Panels for radio repeater | * Solar Panels for radio repeater | ||
| − | * | + | * Sled for hauling around watershed |
* stop signs | * stop signs | ||
| − | |||
* large actionpacker with snow survey supplies | * large actionpacker with snow survey supplies | ||
* snow shoes | * snow shoes | ||
* Most likely Bob's trip gear | * Most likely Bob's trip gear | ||
* survey tripods | * survey tripods | ||
| − | + | * solar panels | |
| + | * 12 volt batteries | ||
| + | * battery charger | ||
| + | * snow poles | ||
| + | * deadman anchors | ||
===Aurora Vehicle Reservation=== | ===Aurora Vehicle Reservation=== | ||
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===General Snow Survey Gear=== | ===General Snow Survey Gear=== | ||
| − | * shovels | + | * shovels (nome Storage) |
* 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes | * 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes | ||
| − | |||
* 3x Snow density tube | * 3x Snow density tube | ||
* 1x magnaprobe | * 1x magnaprobe | ||
* Lots of labeled ziplocs | * Lots of labeled ziplocs | ||
| − | * snow scale | + | * 2x * snow scale |
* short power point on snow survey techniques | * short power point on snow survey techniques | ||
* one pager for fieldbooks on what to do | * one pager for fieldbooks on what to do | ||
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* Snow poles | * Snow poles | ||
** http://www.interwestsafety.com/Product/-315/Snow-Poles/ | ** http://www.interwestsafety.com/Product/-315/Snow-Poles/ | ||
| − | * | + | * 2x avalanche probes |
| − | + | ||
===Cameras=== | ===Cameras=== | ||
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* ~7 hrs to deploy markers for UAV/helo | * ~7 hrs to deploy markers for UAV/helo | ||
** Stop sign | ** Stop sign | ||
| − | |||
** rebar | ** rebar | ||
| + | ** wooden anchor | ||
| + | ** chains | ||
| + | ** paracord | ||
| + | ** knife | ||
* evening: return to Nome. | * evening: return to Nome. | ||
* Snow Poles | * Snow Poles | ||
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====Random==== | ====Random==== | ||
| − | * Radio test in Council | + | * Radio test in Council? |
* Move base station in Nome | * Move base station in Nome | ||
* download station data at three loggers in Teller | * download station data at three loggers in Teller | ||
* End of trip need to deploy Pressure Transducer that is in Nome Storage | * End of trip need to deploy Pressure Transducer that is in Nome Storage | ||
| − | * Need to | + | * Need to reprogram Teller_SW |
| − | * Need to | + | * Need to reprogram Teller_top for CFM100 |
Revision as of 16:50, 13 March 2017
Just a skeleton of a beginning but wanted a place to collect scraps of ideas etc.
Contents
To Do Yet
- Finalize Helicopter Safety Plan
- Make sure GPS systems are compatible between groups
- Decide if PDF Maps is worth purchasing or if an alternative is better
- 3/18/2017: Call Builders Industrial Supply to order 5/8" rebar
To Purchase
- fieldbooks
- rebar
Helicopter Safety Gear
- Helmets are at post office.
- one tent in Fairbanks, one tent in Nome storage
- 2 stoves in Fairbanks
- fuel going hazmat on NAC
- emergency bivys in Fairbanks
- sleeping bags: 2 in nome storage, 1 here
Things to ship
- Solar Panels for radio repeater
- Sled for hauling around watershed
- stop signs
- large actionpacker with snow survey supplies
- snow shoes
- Most likely Bob's trip gear
- survey tripods
- solar panels
- 12 volt batteries
- battery charger
- snow poles
- deadman anchors
Aurora Vehicle Reservation
- 3/20 to 4/7 SUV
- Reservation: R40294
General Snow Survey Gear
- shovels (nome Storage)
- 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes
- 3x Snow density tube
- 1x magnaprobe
- Lots of labeled ziplocs
- 2x * 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
- small sled (can haul out by snowmachine on the 21st and leave for our use the rest of the time)
- small actionpacker
- radios so groups can maintain contact
- satellite phone
- satellite tracker
- Snow poles
- 2x avalanche probes
Cameras
- pole?
To Purchase yet
- ziplocs
- rebar
- deadman supplies for markers
- ground rod clamps
Itinerary
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
3/22
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 markers
- ~7 hrs to deploy markers for UAV/helo
- Stop sign
- rebar
- wooden anchor
- chains
- paracord
- knife
- evening: return to Nome.
- Snow Poles
3/23
- Begin snow surveys in Teller
- Proceed from site to site
Random
- Radio test in Council?
- Move base station in Nome
- download station data at three loggers in Teller
- End of trip need to deploy Pressure Transducer that is in Nome Storage
- Need to reprogram Teller_SW
- Need to reprogram Teller_top for CFM100
