NGEE Nome April 2016 pt2

Field Plans

• First day on site set up tag line for surface water discharge measurements
• Snow survey at ___ points across the watershed (still deciding)
• survey water surface daily
• measure discharge once there is measurable flow in the creek

• build bridge across creek
• look for Bob's camera
• water quality sampling
  • gps positiong
  • note time of day & date

Safety Gear

• life jackets
• throw bag
• dry suit
• zipper cleaner and gasket cleaner for dry suit
• boots
• helmets
• aviation safety bags

in 106

• plywood
• aluminum pipe
• drill & batteries

shopping

• two hole deals for bridge

Field Gear

• make a bridge from unistrut for creek access
  • 6 or 9 5' pieces of unistrut plus wooden planks, bolt together using strut nuts
• velocity probe
  • Sontek
  • Flo-Mate
  • wading rod
  • waders
  • dry suit
• survey tripod
• total station for stage readings?
  • need a taller rod for the prism
  • or, track down optical level.

Day 1

• take out bridge and related supplies
• bring out survey tripod
• start water quality sampling & discharge measurements after setting up bridge
• if there is still snow at the valley bottom, consider adding additional cameras to the tripods.

Day 2

• depending on how day one goes.. maybe drop off towards top of basin. Hike down to road measuring snow depth with an avalanche probe
• at the bottom, finish day by measuring discharge in the creek

Stuff i moved to NGEE conex

• survey poles
• yellow dry survival bag
• drill case & batteries & bit
• staff gauges
• blue cushion
• snow laser poles
• thaw probe
• Larry chair
• skis
• rebar protection (i should make a metal tag that says remove this protection before surveying)
• avalanche probe
• both light shovels
• 2 boxes for HMP155 & foam for CNR4 & empty box for SR50A
• hammer
• ubolt & misc bailing wire
• emergency pot
• tripods for cameras