2018 NGEE Nome March Trip
Just a skeleton of a beginning but wanted a place to collect scraps of ideas etc. (2/13/2018 copied and pasted from 2017)
Contents
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
- Need 1 long for B kit & 1-2 more for each
- 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.
- Cut snow temperature sensor tubes to size & cap
- Dry bags for helicopter gear (not helo sleeping bags... have those...)
- Need to get data logger downloading kit setup
- grab an extra HMP155 or two
- grab several SR50A transducers
- toughbook
- serial cables
- SC32B for Teller SW station
To Purchase
- fieldbooks
- ziplocs?
- arctic oven quick tie down cam deals
- daisy chain deals for sled harness
- make up cables for sled edge hookups
- compression sack for Bob Busey's heavy winter sleeping bag
- 2x end caps and screw caps for temperature probe pvc cases
- 2x 9ft NRS straps for 2 lg actionpackers (just find in supply)
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
- Rest of kit is in a large actionpacker that is inventoried in the shipping section.
Northern Air Cargo Shipment
- Magnaprobe Pelican case
- Magnaprobe Sensor (Long Skinny ABS Pipe)
- Clear SWE tube (shorter chubby ABS Pipe)
- Arctic Oven
- Poles packed separately
- 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)
- Sleeping Bag Lg Actionpacker
- 1 Reg heavy Sleeping bag
- 1 long heavy sleeping bag
- 1 reg medium sleeping bag
- 1 long medium sleeping bag
- 3 drybags for helicopter sleeping bags
Campus and Not quite ready
- Satellite Tracker
- Sat Phone
- Magnaprobe batteries
- Bolt cutter for UAF nome storage
- Lock for UAF Nome Storage
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