2017 NGEE March Nome Trip

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Just a skeleton of a beginning but wanted a place to collect scraps of ideas etc.

To Do Yet

  • Helicopter Safety Plan
  • Renew Tracker plans for field season (purchase request submitted for this)
  • Make sure GPS systems are compatible between groups
  • PR for & Ship stuff (Nome Gnome receive)
  • Decide if PDF Maps is worth purchasing or if an alternative is better

Helicopter Safety Gear

  • Helmets Ship 2/27
  • one tent in Fairbanks, one tent in Nome storage

Things to ship

  • Solar Panels for radio repeater
  • Sleds for hauling around watershed
  • stop signs
  • rebar
  • large actionpacker with snow survey supplies
  • snow shoes
  • Most likely Bob's trip gear
  • survey tripods


General Snow Survey Gear

  • 2x Thermal Conductivity Probes
    • have one long sensor that still needs to be found.
  • 3x Snow density tube
  • 1x magnaprobe
  • Lots of labeled ziplocs
  • 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
  • stop sign control markers


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 protection
    • rebar
  • evening: return to Nome.
  • Snow Poles

3/22

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


Random

  • Radio test in Council
  • Move base station in Nome