2018 NGEE Nome June Trip

NGEE To Do Next Visit

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
• wood for stepladder base at teller top?
• 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
• Radio kit to catch up with UAF Kougarok sites.
• bug dope etc

Anchorage Remaining Prep

• calibrate replacement tipping buckets
  • Orifice Diameter = 24.5 cm
  • Orifice Area = 471.4 cm^2
  • 946 mL / Bottle
  • ~177 tips / bottle
  • 1mL = 1 cm^3

• 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)
• Freshen up desiccant

Potential Bonus Activities

• Multiple Discharge Measurements at Teller Creek