2017 NGEE Nome October trip

• Car Rental Reservation: R41747
  • 9/29 - 10/6

Activities:

• teller top:
  • double-check data
  • thermal conductivity probes working?
  • maybe replace cnr4
    • and or drill out stripped screws
• teller bottom
  • sr50a transducer replacement, 2x
  • remove 1 PT
  • discharge measurement
• Kougarok m64
  • bring guy wire markers for K64 met station (at uaf storage)
  • setup snow grid for spring (surveying)
  • soil pit.............
• Council
  • fix program at C1 Grid

Loose Itinerary

• 9/29 (8:18 - 9:36 Twilight to twilight)
  • evening: arrive & stay in apartments
• 9/30 (8:21 - 9:19)
  • take some storage stuff to dump
  • evening: Lily arrives
  • stay in hotel
• 10/1 (8:24 - 9:16)
• Teller
  • walk the end point of the lines set up in March 2017 and remove the orange poles
  • place 4 poles at bottom to help outline location of channel for PTs
• 10/2 (8:27 - 9:12)
  • Teller Top:
    • change desiccant which will require:
      • drill
      • drill bit
      • tap & die
      • replacement machine screws for stripped out ones.
  • Teller button up for winter, snow pole remainder
  • remove one PT at the bottom site
• 10/3 (8:30 - 9:09)
  • drive to kougarok. download data over radios from K sites
  • stretch goal... visit k2 if time for thaw depth measurements
• 10/4 (8:33 - 9:05)
  • kougarok m64 winter button up
  •  ??? soil pit ???
  • kougarok m64 finish surveying & deploy snow poles
• 10/5 (8:36 - 9:02)
• Council
  • survey 2017 plots?
  • download data over radio for C2 (at minimum)
  • visit C2?
  • fix program at C1
• 10/6 depart