NGEE May 2015 Barrow

As to the Barrow trip:

• Need gear for Sina
• Need to find out how much cable protection is in storage... ask bryan

• radio for logger

Done list

DONE * reservations for Barrow lodging DONE * send program snippet to Sina for soil moisture probes

• reservations for air travel
• we will fly in on the evening of the 11th

To do items it'd be nice if Bryan could look into once in Barrow:

• identify conduit supply in storage

Rough Schdeule:

• fly up the 11th, arrive in the evening
• morning of the 12th, one person puts the base together at NARL
• in barrow grab a piece of trail mat to put under the tower
• two people head out to BEO to site tower and shovel snow
• use gps to site tower and guy points (so as to miss frozen LCP etc)
• third person brings tower and anchor to cake eater pull off
• afternoon of the 12th: tower is raised
• once we see how easy it is to lift we'll know how many people it takes to lift and drop

To Do:

• Purchase request for freight
• load high res imagery onto GPS so we can hit our points in the field
• Put together program for Sina

Supplies to bring / air cargo:

• Duct Seal for instrument box
• tower sections
• anchor sections
• screed stakes
• gin pole
• rope for gin pole
• instrument box for data logger (sounds like small is fine)
• camera cross arm
• IR camera cross arm
• radiation cross arm
• extension cord for power from tram
• soil moisture probes
• switch 12 volt deal for soil moisture probes

Tools:

• 2 pcs 3/4 inch wrench (for unistrut bolts)
• level
• tape measure
• 1/2" wrench (for ubolts)
• 7/16* wrench (for ubolts)
• a full set of nut drivers

To purchase yet:

• rope for gin pole
• electrical outlet inside the box?
  • 4 gang
• liquid-tite and hose clamps for strobe
• flex conduit for power cord from tram
• 2" - 5/16" bolt x 4 pcs (mid tower / upper tower sections junction
• 1.5" - 5/16" bolt x 4 pcs (lower tower / mid tower sections junction)
• maybe 3/4" conduit for strobe... this will go in the center pole section
• purchase guy wires (3/16")... how much
• 3 more screed stakes (for base)
• expanding hole drill bit to open unistrut channels open a bit wider for the screed stakes
• 2 pins (for base)
• cable protection for power (if not in the storage)