2018 NGEE Nome September Trip
To Ship
- bring out non spillable paperwork too for return.
To Take Bolton
- Trimble Pelican case (no lithium batteries are in the case)
- nrs straps
- soil sample volume
- sat phone
- tracker
- lg actionpacker filled with these items (not yet designated)
- conductivity meter for discharge measurement
- sample bottle for discharge measurement
- 100g salt ziplocs
- SC32B f
- volt meter
- Tap & Die
- desiccant for teller bottom
- SR50A transducers once they arrive
- a ziploc labeled Nome
To Take Busey
- All necessary lithium batteries
- toughbook
- snacks
- new fieldbook
To Do Yet
- GeoPDFs with new points
- Load XML into trimble software and copy over to handheld controller
- step stool for teller bottom
- short as possible 4/40 screw
- Safety Document
- pick up toughbook charger on way south
- take desiccant out of crockpot and pack for trip
Bob Busey
- Pick up a few items at cabin when back from Toolik
- reorganize things to have three bags to fly with
- Pick up a few items at office when back from Toolik
- TSC3 survey controller
- R8 batteries
- fieldbook
- tracker
- check out trimble business center license for toughbook?
Favors
- Ask Stan to borrow a drill again
Activities
Support Chinese Delegation
- September 18: Arrive in Nome
- 9/19 Meet Bob Metcalf
- 9/19 - 9/25: Final Site Selection & Install ground instruments
- 9/20-25: Get permits & install sites
- September 26 Evening: Leave for Fairbanks
Teller
- Check the next visit page (I'll copy/paste at some point)
- If time allows, Amy Breen has some surveying to be done. And, if we're able to survey then they'd also like thaw depths at their plots.
Teller Bottom
- change transducers for snow depth sensors
- download data
- measure VATP thermistors
- relevel radiometer
- bring out one step stool to level teller bottom radiometer. / another tall person.
- tap new hole in CNR4 & replace desiccant
- bring desiccant for box
Teller Surface Water
- download data
- replace desiccant
- discharge measurement with salt slug
- Need to secure solar panel before winter with nails
- YSI conductivity meter
Teller Top
- download data
- change transducers for snow depth sensors
- relevel radiometer
Council
- If time allows Amy Breen has some plots that need surveying and thaw depths
Council C1 Grid
- Would be great to visit C1 site and download data
- Redrill hole for C1 Grid temperature probe
- sr50a swap out?
- relevel precip bucket
Skookum Pass
- swap out data logger
- change program to add radio on/off
- current site photo
C2 Blueberry
- Download Data
Kougarok
Kougarok Mile 64
- Download Data
- don't really need snow depth here it would seem but just double check all measurements and relevel radiometer / precip
- Amy Breen has a number of points to be surveyed here. She'd like thaw depths for all we're able to visit.
Kougarok 10m tower
- A station visit to would be awesome even for just 2 hours to double-check site in anticipation of it being used for the disturbance study.
- Mandatory download data though even if by radio
- If we visit I'll put a storage module back at the site so it's less pressing.
- level precip bucket
- level radiometers
- replace radiometer desiccant
Kougarok Mauze gulch
- Minimum would be download data by radio
Kougarok Burn Site
- Download data by radio