NGEE Barrow 2013 Site D Install Trip August 2013
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Goals:
- Install Barrow Site D Inventory
- Soil Cores
Soil Core component: 8 Bob, Bob, & Sammy
- Use RTK GPS and transect across a polygon in the area south
- pull a
Site D Install Instrumentation List:
- 5 Temperature Probes (1.5m depth)
- Possibly one soil pit (soil & water conditions depending)
- Air Temperature / Relative Humidity @ 1.5 meters
- Snow Depth @ 1.5 meters
- Net Radiation @ 1.3 meters
Additional Site Work:
- Level Radiometers at the other sites
- Change out the SR50A snow transducers for the existing stations (7pcs)
- Change out the pipe for the snow stands (4 pcs)
- Cable Extensions for Thermal Conductivity sensors @ C site
- small enclosure & extra logger/MD485 for C site bonus thermal conductivity sensors
- sledge tower feet
Additional Soil Work:
- At least 2 soil pits (soil to fill two coolers)
To Purchase:
- Terminal male adapter for PVC down pipe
- Terminal lockring
- Pipe for snow sensor stands
- Pipe for D tripod
- solar panel & mounting system
- flat stock
- ubolts
- bolts for Net Radiometer NuRail fitting
- vertical pipe for Net Radiometer
- Gauntlet Gloves
Odd Tools:
- Laptop
- serial cable
- laptop weather resistant housing
- tool bags
- pipe wrench
- drill for precip bucket screws
- an additional wheelbarrow?
- 2 coolers
- GPS system
Finalize Program Wiring (thermistor vs. thermocouple for the thermal conductivity probes)
Itinerary: 8/19 Bill, Vlad, Bob Busey & Bob Bolton fly out
- Pick up gear and get ready to haul it out:
- tower
- batteries
- battery box
- solar panel
- sledge tower feet
- haul stuff out by wheel barrow
- instrumentation
- shovel
- coolers (2-3)
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- 2
- Program
Tasks:
- Put up tripod
- grab 4 pieces of trail mat from the NGEE conex
- set up tripod with
Additional Maintenance:
- Self-tapping screws for precip lids
- proper pipe for snow stands from 2012 install
- replace transducers in SR50As -- 7 pcs
- duct seal remaining holes in the enclosures
To purchase:
- Solar Panel
- Charge controller?
- Additional CSI stuff
- SR50A transducers
- cross arm brackets
- 1 inch aluminum cross arm (for Bill stock and D site)
- duct seal
- Fresh Desiccant for all sites
To Prep:
- wire up data logger box
Bring Survey GPS north
- emailed for a quote on R8 internal radio tuned to 418 MHz.