2018 NGEE Nome June Trip
Contents
Monday 6/11
- Nathan W arrives, staying at Dredge
- Reservation Confirmation Number: 479315
Tuesday 6/12: Teller Day 1
- Bob Busey arrives
- Flight: Alaska 151
- Nome (OME) on Tue, Jun 12 at 7:49 am
- Staying at Dredge
- Reservation Confirmation Number: 964080
- head out to Teller
- download station data at bottom
- Teller Bottom Program Send
- Replace broken precip bucket @ Teller Bottom
- Replace Desiccant deal for Teller Bottom radiometer
- Re-level radiometer & precip bucket
- Teller SW desiccant replacement
- Teller SW: look at moving solar panel stand up to current station location
- Install Divers on bottom of hill sites
- Data Download
- Measure Flow in the Creek
- (I'm hoping LANL salt diffusion method here).
- Flow intercomparison experiment. We will measure several different ways.
- Both Sontek FlowTracker and Sontek Professional Plus will be available from UAF. https://www.ysi.com/proplus
Wednesday 6/13: Teller Day 2
- Replace Desiccant deal for Teller Top radiometer
- Bring out ladder
- Re-level radiometer
- Data Download @ Teller Top
- Measure thermistors at Teller Top and Teller Bottom and add them to fieldbook.
- Related: I'm wondering if the delay between measurements should be increased for the thermistor measurements.
- Also related: perhaps add a second string up at teller top?
- Finish deploying divers with Nathan
Thursday 6/14: Kougarok Day 1
- Replace broken precip bucket @ Koug m64
- Data Download
- Replace Desiccant deal for radiometer
- Re-level radiometer
- bring out two longer pipes to steady the radiomter pole
- Bring out additional desiccant?
- Put out divers for wells with Nathan
- Stretch goal: download old UAF station data by radio at end of road
Friday 6/15: Loose ends
- Fly out Friday evening
Things in UAF Storage to grab for trip
- Driving safety gear
- tow rope
- air pump
- tire patch kit (though might buy another)
- jumper cables
- garbage bag for trash
- pepper spray
- ladder for teller top site
- tape measure for creek cross section
- Teller Creek markers for discharge measurements:
- 6 - 9 small rebar to outline: Salt deployment point, PT location, Salt Measurement point
- pick up some colored electrical tape, too to mark these
- tool bag for station work
Anchorage Remaining Prep
- calibrate replacement tipping buckets
- put box of gear together for trip
- bring out a tape measure for creek stage
- Finish looking at data.
- folding tape for creek measurement (to stash at station)
Potential Bonus Activities
- Multiple Discharge Measurements at Teller Creek
