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Current

XXX Submitted Texas Electronics PR XXX

  • 1pcs rain gage
  • 1pcs spare bucket

Kipp & Zonen PR

  • 2pcs Radiometer Recalibration.
  • Need to track down s/n.

XXX Submitted Campbell PR XXX

  • Utqiagvik SR50A: 8
  • SP SR50A: 11
  • New SR50A: 9
  • New SR50A Mounting Bracket: 9
  • New SR50A cables
  • Pressure Transducer: 1

Submitted XX Met One PR

Need to find if they still make...

  • 4pcs 014A
  • $250 each

Vaisala PR

  • 3pcs HMP155
  • ... might fold this money into recalibrations.

RM Young PR

  • The propeller plus a bit more.

RES AK Batteries

  • I have $110 in budget rather than the big ones...
    • 3x
  • PVX1040T battery new for SW
    • 1x
  • I am thinking I might just charge the ones out there plus buy one more?

Hardware store

  • snow stands

Amazon

  • Solar panels?
  • Boxes... need to re-find my selections...

2021 Content

Fairbanks To Do

  • Dry desiccant for CNR4 (All four in Utqiagvik)
  • Dry Desiccant for Teller SW (I have a bottle for loose out there now plus the PT tubes
  • Hardware inventory for Snow deployment
    • SR50A
    • Mounting brackets
    • Review sketch
  • figure out the proper way to secure solar panels for snow
  • think hard about improving solar panel setup at Teller m47.
  • Grab Survey controller and pelican case etc.
  • Charge survey batteries
  • Connect toughbook to CR6 @ super-site to get usb driver installed.

Teller 27 General

  • Survey GCP
  • Help

Teller Bottom To Do

  • check level of radiometer
    • (changed desiccant in June)
  • Secure tipping bucket
    • bring out drill
    • bring out self tapping screws, 3x
  • Bring parts to redo snow stand.
  • check level of tipping bucket
Teller Bottom Packing List
  • cordless drill
  • drill bit
  • quick bit for self tapping screws
  • four self tapping screws
  • 2x snow transducer
  • vertical pipe 6' tall for snow stand
  • Hand Tool List
    • Net radiomter level
      • #2 Phillips screw driver (for leveling net radiometer)
      • circle level
    • Precip bucket beef up
      • 3-4 self tapping screws
      • quick release nut driver for the self tapping screws
      • quick release drill bit
    • snow stand fix (need to review video again.) The vertical pipe looks to be a 1" EMT maybe? so I just need to figure what to replace that with. I should review snow data for max depth, too to settle on sensor height.
      • allen wrenches?
      • 1/2" nut driver & wrench
    • 2x snow transducer swap
      • campbell phillips screw driver
      • campbell flat screw driver

Teller SW To Do

  • Solar Panel Fixes (research in Fairbanks)
  • Deploy second PT
  • don't forget to grab more desiccant
  • Add a snow sensor here?
Teller SW Packing List
  • @Conex Bring out flow meter to make a measurement again.
  • lead weights... Nome or Fairbanks? Review video / the conex tour
  • new pressure transducer
  • PT tube desiccant
  • PT Loose desiccant
  • cable ties
  • maybe a bit of flex conduit
  • For the solar panel fix... need to look at pictures again.!
  • Hand Tools List
    • Pressure Transducer addition
    • wire snake

Teller m47

  • Think hard about getting the solar panel off the ground a bit more
  • Install Tipping bucket
  • new dry soil pit / dig up and replace original
    • add soil moisture probes, too.
  • review what i proposed
    • 4 soil moisture probes
    • air temp
    • second snow sensor
    • batteries
    • solar panel
    • cr800

Council

  • Survey Sigrid / Margaret's sites

NGEE Kougarok

  • Survey GCP
Replace top mast and anemometer
  • Full replacement anemometer
    • potentially could reuse one from storage but will need:
      • propeller (need to order)
      • cable (fairbanks supplies)
      • right size cord grip (I'm sure this is found in my Fairbanks supplies... or the one that's currently broken... )
      • unistrut & 1" pipe & ubolts (try the square ones?)
      • nylock nuts
  • new brown tarp
  • bring out replacement card... could send new program that doesn't save out the soils data any more to increase storage...
  • put soil moisture probe back in ground.
  • I guess remove VATP from program to make the data record last longer.
  • @Conex
    • Ladder (for anemometer fix)
  • @Tools Required
    • 1/2" box wrench / nut driver
    • 5/16" nut driver
NGEE Koguarok Parts Packed in Fairbanks
  • 2 u-bolts for 1" pipe
  • 2 u-bolts for 1.25" pipe
  • 1 pcs CF memory card
  • 1 pcs 1" top pipe
  • 1 pcs propeller, front nut
  • 1 pcs spare anemometer cable
  • --> Brown Tarp?
To ship from Fairbanks
  • 2x ubolts for 1" pipe
  • 2x ubolts for 1.25" pipe
  • section of unistrut for top
  • cord grip for anemometer base
  • propeller and nut for anemomter

K1 Burn

  • Should visit since I haven't heard from it.
  • change out the SR50A transducer
  • bring a thermistor for air temp (assuming there will be some damages)
  • I guess, given that it isn't on the radio network any more I should expect something worse.
    • power cable to fix a chewed solar panel
    • coax in case that was chewed

K2 Met

  • Station visit required
  • Bring out desiccant for radiometers (loose)
  • replace CR10X but change the watch battery on the logger to take out first.

K3 Mauze Gulch

  • No idea... need to review how I left things in 2019.
  • Bringing a spare CR10X to this site, too.

Things to Order

Related: Need to separate out by project ID

  • Campbell Scientific
    • RM Young anemometer propellers ( $70 at RM Young website) https://www.youngusa.com ; p/n 08214-45)
    • Texas Electronics Tipping Bucket
      • cobble from parts?
    • SR50A transducers
      • new deployment
      • existing @ Utqiagvik = 8 = 2A + 2B + 3C + 1D
      • existing @ SP = 10 = 4 (K1 to K3 + ngee m64) + 1 m47 + 4 m27 + 1 council?
    • 2.5 psi for Teller SW

Older:

To Buy

  • Step ladder for teller bottom
  • Bring out a replacement memory card for the Teller Bottom CFM module

General

  • 2 Trimble Yellow batteries left in NW Campus Warm Storage


Seward Peninsula

  • SR50A transducer replacement (fall activity)
  • (2019) bring out one step stool to level teller bottom radiometer.
  • (2019) bring out tap, die, drill, drill bit, screw for teller bottom radiometer.
    • screw...
  • also replace cnr4 desiccant since the unit didn't look like it was sealing right with this missing screw.
  • Bring out additional desiccant? for box
  • Teller SW desiccant replacement
  • (2019) Redrill hole for C1 Grid temperature probe
    • what is needed for this?
  • Measure Creek Flow
    • salt slug, n=2 samples of 50g / known volume of water
  • Re-level radiometers
  • polish radiometer domes
  • Measure thermistors resistances at Teller Bottom and add them to fieldbook.
    • There are a couple with a 0.5C offset at spring freezing point so I think they may be failing and or something...
    • 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?
    • sort of some additional homework is that I saw instability in a number of thermistors when measuring up top. I suspect but haven't verified that this instability is an indicator for the wonky temperatures seen in the data but need to confirm.
  • 6/11/2018 In Fairbanks... down in 106 / the basement there is a box of 12" nails. Would be good to grab three for the Teller SW solar panel tripod
  • I should do some experiments with the thermal conductivity thermistors in office/lab to see if I can reduce the noisiness.
  • finish surveying vegetation plots

Kougarok

  • bring out a serial cable for box (removed it in fall 2018)
  • get a compass reading on anemometer
    • leave a compass in the box

Teller SW Flow

  • left a metal meter stick at the site
  • fieldbook
  • YSI conductivity meter
    • manual
  • electrical tape
  • batteries

Radiation Level:

  • step ladder
  • a bit of wood to provide better base for step ladder
  • phillips screwdriver for level


Radiation Desiccant Swap:

  • Step ladder
  • small CSI phillips
  • K&Z desiccant pack
  • anti-corrosion goo

Teller Top Soil Temperatures

  • Volt meter
  • fieldbook
    • learned but need to confirm that the thermistors with a capacitance are ones that are unstable and failing.

Utqiagvik

  • Intensive Site A HMP155 failed (3.5m)
  • Intensive Site B HMP155 failed (1.4m)
  • Intensive Site C HMP155 failed
  • need to replace the network cable running from the computer to the network switch. It cuts out with minimal bumping.... but station is finally back online!!!
  • Site A SR50A transducers have failed
  • some subsurface items are beginning to fail.
  • bring up clear tape and a biz card to label the computer
  • bring up the nuc plate and wood screws and other screw packet to mount nuc to wall