Difference between revisions of "2018 NGEE Nome March Trip"

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====To Do Yet====
 
====To Do Yet====
 
* Finalize Helicopter Safety Plan
 
* Finalize Helicopter Safety Plan
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* Harnesses for Sled dragging
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** 2x daisy chain deal & carabiner
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* Charge Magnaprobe Batteries
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* Still waiting for NRCS snow tube
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* Long NRS Straps for snow kits
 
* Repeat from 2017: Decide if PDF Maps is worth it or if an alternative is better yet
 
* Repeat from 2017: Decide if PDF Maps is worth it or if an alternative is better yet
 
** We should do zoom in maps for all of the X & L survey points or if not zoom in for each, something similar.
 
** We should do zoom in maps for all of the X & L survey points or if not zoom in for each, something similar.
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* [[Snow Survey Kit]]
 
* [[Snow Survey Kit]]
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===To Purchase===
 
===To Purchase===
 
* fieldbooks
 
* fieldbooks

Revision as of 19:47, 3 March 2018

Just a skeleton of a beginning but wanted a place to collect scraps of ideas etc. (2/13/2018 copied and pasted from 2017)

Plan B stuff

  • LANL Snow shoes?

To Do Yet

  • Finalize Helicopter Safety Plan
  • Harnesses for Sled dragging
    • 2x daisy chain deal & carabiner
  • Charge Magnaprobe Batteries
  • Still waiting for NRCS snow tube
  • Long NRS Straps for snow kits
  • Repeat from 2017: Decide if PDF Maps is worth it or if an alternative is better yet
    • We should do zoom in maps for all of the X & L survey points or if not zoom in for each, something similar.


To Purchase

  • fieldbooks
  • ziplocs?



3 person Helicopter Safety Gear

  • UAF Nome Storage
    • one 3 person tent
    • 2 solid fuel cooking stoves in UAF Nome Storage
    • 3x sleeping pad in nome


  • UAF Fairbanks Storage
    • 5 emergency bivys (2 two person units)
    • 2x cook pot
    • 2x firestarter in fairbanks for shipping
    • 2x same for sparkers
  • 2x sleeping bags in uaf storage
  • 1x long sleeping bag in fairbanks for shipping
  • 1x wood saw in fairbanks for shipping
  • 1x wood hatchet in fairbanks for shipping

Shipping

  • Magnaprobe Pelican case
  • Magnaprobe Sensor (Long Skinny ABS Pipe)
  • Clear SWE tube (shorter chubby ABS Pipe)
  • Arctic Oven
  • Bob Busey Skis (Long Black Roller Case)
    • Skis
    • 1pair Polk Poles
    • 8 Fiberglass Rods
  • A Team Snow Survey Kit (small actionpacker)
  • B Team Snow Survey Kit (Small actionpacker)


Campus and Not quite ready

  • final walk through of office

Things to ship

  • large actionpacker with snow survey supplies
  • Most likely Bob's trip gear
  • battery charger
  • Bolt cutter for Nome Storage lock


Aurora Vehicle Reservation

  • 3/24 to 4/7 SUV
  • Reservation: R42309

General Snow Survey Gear

  • Team B Snow Survey Pruner in Bob Busey Toolbag in UAF Nome Storage
  • Steel shovels (nome Storage)
    • avalanche shovels... packed
  • 2x Snow density tube
    • Clear & NRCS Metric
  • XX Magnaprobe
    • -----> charge batteries
  • XX Lots of labeled ziplocs
  • XX2x * snow scale
  • one pager for fieldbooks on what to do
  • 4 pairs of snow shoes plus one pair of skis
    • (have 3 and one broken one)
  • XX small sled (can haul out by snowmachine on the 21st and leave for our use the rest of the time)
  • XX small actionpacker
  • XX satellite phone
  • XX satellite tracker
  • XX 2x avalanche probes
  • XX 2x metric folding tape
  • 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes

Cameras

  • pole?


Big Logistics

  • Waiting on final approval for tent borrow

Itinerary

Out of data for 2018

3/20

3/21

3/22

3/23

  • Begin snow surveys in Teller
  • Proceed from site to site


Random

  • download station data at three loggers in Teller
  • download station data at NGEE-Kougarok site