Teller Lower Station

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Tape Color is BLUE

To Bring:

  • Put the 3m tripod built from tripod kit here. (The heaviest steel tripod, blue tape on it)
  • vertical mast will be 10 foot 1.5" schedule 40 pipe with 1.5 to 1" coupler on top.
  • primary instrument box will be mounted at about 1 meter above the ground surface
  • secondary instrument box will be mounted below it.
  • solar panel will be mounted above primary instrument box and face south.
  • cross arm
  • Battery box in basement needs holes cut for 1/2" liquid-tite (ship battery box filled with instruments
  • Instrument box with 1 CR1000 and AM416 is on site in the shrubs with
  • Bring a second instrument box with 1 AM16/32 for met instruments.

Outstanding Tripod items

  • Cross arm support brackets and such
  • mount am16/32 to second instrument box
  • send instruments & battery box on second freight run
  • Stabilizer for net radiometer support arm.
    • used cross arm brackets last time... need to dig them out and make sure we have enough.
    • also could use ubolts and unistrut.

Cross Arms

  • Net Radiometer skin temperature
    • need to track down unistrut & strut clamps for stabilization (or ubolts)
  • small cross arm for air temperature
  • RM Young should mount to top without issue.
  • Precip stand is already out there
  • Need to figure out where NDVI sensors point. & do we have all supplies for that...


Sensors

To Bring:

  • 015103 WS/WD
    • Make up cable for it
  • CR200 for measuring Pressure Transducers
  • 5 pcs VITEL Hydraprobe II
  • 4 pcs East30 sensors thermal conductivity or specific heat
    • also interface board
    • also measure the heater resistance of each
  • Cable protection
  • cable ties & hose clamps for securing cabling to tripod
  • VATP 1504 - see email for thermistor calibration offsets

Sensor Heights

  • Anemometer @ top of tripod / ~3 meters
  • HMP155 @ 1.5m above ground surface
  • Barometric Pressure - in instrument box
  • Net Radiation -
  • Snow Temperature profile -- ground surface in the shrubs
  • Snow Depth 1 -- 2m on cross arm off station
  • Snow Depth 2 -- in shrubs on a stand.


Already at site:

  • HMP155
    • thinking about bringing out a replacement temperature head though because the one in place has been on the fritz over the summer.
  • TE525MM
  • CNR4 w/bracket
  • Two Batteries
  • Solar Panel
  • Charge Controller



Extras

  • need to yet sort out how Met AM16/32 will attach
  • need to drill out second instrument box so that cables can enter.
  • Need to permanentify the solar panel
    • bring solar panel from Fairbanks and but need to make a mount for it yet.
  • Measure East30 sensor resistance
  • label all subsurface sensors
  • Need to survey in all instruments with GPS
  • Reuse batteries that are already out here, no new batteries needed.
  • think about how to mount iridium here...

To Ship:

  • Tripod


Installation Guidance:

  • Unpack Tripod Base
    • Set in approximate position
  • Loosen bolts at base so that legs can fold out and also so that the mast can slip into the bottom bracket
  • The mast is 1.5" schedule 40 pipe. Screw a 1.5" to 1" coupler on top and follow with a 1' long schedule 40 pipe.
  • on the other end, slip the 1.5" nurail cross fitting over it and slide it up
  • Mount the anemometer to the top
  • with the tripod tipped, orient the tower so that one leg points north
  • rotate the tripod to vertical
  • mount the secondary instrument box on the opposite side of the pipe from the primary box.
    • need the 5.3cm ubolts 2pcs
  • mount the primary instrument box above it on the tower
    • use the 1.5" unistrut clamps
  • mount the solar panel on the instrument tower
  • mount the HMP155 radiation shield at 1.5m above the ground surface

=Primary Instrument Box

  • use 1.5" unistrut clamps to secure to center mast.
  • clamps are in AM16/32B box

Secondary Instrument Box

  • Use U bolts to secure to center mast
  • U bolts are in AM16/32B Box
    • 1/2" wrenches required

Solar Panel

  • Use 2 pcs of 15" slim unistrut
  • 4 1/4-20 x 1" long bolts to secure unistrut to solar panel
    • also 4 nuts & washers
    • 7/16" wrenches required
  • use 1.5" unistrut clamps to secure to center mast


Additional Electrical supplies

  • 2 pcs butt splices for solar panel to charge controller cable
  • Move SW12V for HMP155 from main instrument box to secondary instrument box.
    • SW12V RES to AM16/32B #2 RES
    • SW12V 12V to AM16/32B #2 12V
    • SW12V G to AM16/32B #2 G