2012 August Nome Trip

Pre-trip to do

Test out several HMP45C cables
update datapro files for all the sites
think hard about the hmp45s failing and what that might be about.
- failing multiplexer?
- control ports failing?
think hard about triage at K1, how to get everything back online.
- review notes again from last year and look at pictures of the damage.

Things to buy

Bit o' Food?
- bread & peanut butter (lunch)
- coke
- yogurt & granola (breakfast)
- veggies
- ice

Stuff to bring out

Other

Truck & Hotel Reservations
- Truck: 31033
- First Hotel Reservation: 3782158
- Second Hotel Reservation: 3782160

Hardware

5 Anemometers
HMP45c heads (1)
HMP45C Cable
Cross arm plate
2 AM416 Multiplexers
5 pair Net Radiometer Domes
Dry Desiccant & used desiccant container
NRS straps x5 for tarps
5 brown tarps
4+1 pcs SR50A
1pcs SR50
Cable Ties (an assortment)
1 serial cable for K3
12 hoseclamps
cable for C1 precip bucket --> repurpose a new anemometer cable
coax for K3 site
precip orifice for K1
self tapping screws for K1 orifice to better secure it.
Angle brackets for Skookum HMP
cable protection for any chomped precip cables

Tools etc.

Keypad
Tool Bags
Computer & SC32B
Climbing harness
Ken's battery tester
Sawzall?
drill
5/16" nut driver drill bit for self tapping screws

Anticipated Meals breakdown

Sunday -- all in Nome
Monday morning -- breakfast at hotel and then hit the road. Lunch and Dinner probably on the road, too. Can get food at the AC store in Nome or bring from Fairbanks
Tuesday -- breakfast at hotel and then hit the road. Lunch at the Koug bridge plus snacks on the K3 hike. Easy, cookable dinner.
Wednesday -- breakfast at cabin / campsite then food for hiking all day. Easy cookable dinner that evening.
Thursday -- breakfast at cabin / campsite then food maybe for hiking, or else the drive back to town. Dinner in Nome with the NGEERs
Friday -- breakfast at hotel, bring snacks. Lunch will be with Mike Murphy in Council (or maybe snacks there, too.). Dinner in Nome with team NGEE
Saturday -- we fly out in the AM so probably breakfast at the hotel.

Probable Luggage

Bob Personal backpack [Busey #1]
Work Actionpacker #1 [Busey #2]
Work Actionpacker #2 [Busey #3]
Work Actionpacker #3 [Bolton #1]
Bob Personal backpack [Bolton #2]
Anemometer Box [Bolton #3]

A sampling of Personal Gear

Clothes:

8 Underoos (one for every day plus a few more)
2 pair extra socks
1 pair extra pants
1 - 2 extra shirts
2 pair sock liners
light poly pro long underwear, 1 bottom, 2 tops
shorts

Footwear and such:

rubber boots
sandals
hip waders
hiking boots
gaiters

Outerwear and such

couple pairs of light gloves
heavy rain pants
rain coat (I like to bring two in case it's rainy)
large flannel shirt (cotton for bug protection)
extra fleece jacket (one or two)
probably a light fleece vest
ultra light wind breaker (this is my base layer)
fleece hat or two

Other stuff:

water proof bag(s)
large daypack
1 - 3 Liters of water bottles (depending on your needs)
Sleeping bag & pad
toothbrush
camera
field book
camera (if you want)
cell phone
tent
first aid kit

Stuff to bring out to Council / Kougarok that is currently in Nome storage

Hand Maul
Food, kitchenware
Anything else?
Vehicle Safety Gear:
- jumper cables (in tan/green plastic tote)
- tow rope (in tan/green plastic tote)
garbage bags
soldering iron
bag o' hose clamps
bear spray
jingle bells
Water Jug
Cooler for veggies etc.
A longish pipe or smaller for Skookum HMP

Stuff to leave in the Kougarok Conex for Harada et al

Water Jugs
Bear Spray

Station by Station to do

Kenji's Bear Creek Thermokarst

download data
replace battery
restart logger

C1 Grid

Current Sensor Data as of 7/25/2012
- 1m AT, 3m AT, 1m RH, 3m RH, 3m WS, 3m WD, Net Rad, = Good
- Look @ Snow (no recent data on web)
- Rain -- Look for a chopped wire, no recorded precip for a while.
- Need to update config files on datapro to reflect changed soil array.
screw precip lid to bucket
Download data
Review Data
Fix soil temperature probe
Snow sensor?
Precip cable chomped?
Need to update datapro's array file information.
Replace domes on net radiometer
Level Radiometer
level precip stand
Replace SR50A, make note of new serial number
Trim vegetation below snow sensor
Replace RM Young WS/WD
- make note of angle prior to removal
- make sure it is pointing north with the new unit.
Test Batteries with battery tester

C2 Blueberry

screw precip lid to bucket
Computer Related
- Download Data
- Review Data
- update datapro with soil info.
Physical
- All AT/RHs have some funny business going on
- level precip stand
- Replace domes on net radiometer
- Level Radiometers
- Replace SR50A, make note of new serial number
Replace RM Young WS/WD
- make note of angle prior to removal
- make sure it is pointing north with the new unit.
- Trim vegetation below snow sensor
- Test Batteries with battery tester

Council Vlad Forest (optional)

Location: N64 54' 24.7" W163 40' 40.4"
Download CR10X Data

Council Vlad Shrub (optional)

Location: N64 56' 5.3" W163 44' 16.7"
Download CR10X Data

Skookum

AT/RH probe needs fixing in a big way
- use a pipe / bar from the nome storage to better secure the sensor. Hose clamp it to near the HMP. Then, take the two angle brackets and hoseclamp one side to the pie and the other side to the HMP45c.
Test Batteries with battery tester

Anvil

remove second radio & antenna
Look @ anemometer to see if it's working. Maybe bring out another transistor
Test Batteries with battery tester

Anvil City

Look at anemometer
Look @ barometric Pressure
Kenji's Hobos?
- download data
- replace battery
- restart logger

Kigluaiks

AT/RH is funky again.
download data

K1 Burn

screw precip lid to bucket
From Last Year's Notes
- Precip Orifice missing
- snow thermocouples knocked over
- AT/WS mast broken off & hanging by AT cable
- Net Rad bent
- 1m AT/RH upside down
- tarp blown off and torn up
- altar shield trashed
- Moved 3m cable to 1m and rewired in logger box
- didn't bother changing rad domes
- Top crossarm sheared @ 1.25" to 3/4" coupling. Will need to bring out monkey wrenches to maybe bust that loose.
- leaving 3m radiation shield (rm young is intact (minus cable) in battery box
- precip stand parts are in battery box (tee and 3 hoseclamps)
- SR50A was bumped in May 2012
- All soil bad
Replace domes on net radiometer
Replace Radio
Replace SR50A Transducer, note serial number
Replace Tarp
Download Data
Only 1m exists at the moment (& broken), will need a cable for the second.
- 1m looks borked right now, too.
Replace RM Young
Not sure about SR50A, if it works right now...
new precip stand
Trim vegetation below snow sensor
Replace RM Young WS/WD
- make note of angle prior to removal
- make sure it is pointing north with the new unit.

K1 Burn Snow

Download Data
Review Data

K2 Met

Download Data
Review Data
Replace domes on net radiometer
Replace SR50A and record serial number
Relevel Radiometer Tower & Net Radiometer
Leave Radio in ON position, Flag 1 High
send new program to turn off radio
Thaw Depth measurements at site
Storage Module addition... yes.
Replace HMP45C Head (1m, 3m, 10m) and record new serial numbers
I wonder if the multiplexer is failing here. Funkiness from all three AT/RH sensors.
Replace RM Young Anemometer
Soil stuff has gone bad... again, a multiplexer fail?
new precip stand
Trim vegetation below snow sensor
could AM416 be failing?
screw precip lid to bucket

K2 Met Snow

Download Data
Review Data

K3 Mauze

Download Data
Review Data
Level Precip stand
replace radiometer domes
Relevel Net Radiometer
Replace SR50 Transducer
- be prepared to put in an SR50A if the SR50 has been hammered by a bear again
Pretty sure this site was hit hard by a bear in Mid-May
Replace Anemometer
Replace HMP45C Head (1m, 3m) and record new serial numbers
Trim vegetation below snow sensor
screw precip lid to bucket

??Saito / Harada / Kenji Kougarok Sites??

Swap Hobos
At borehole
- download data
- replace battery
- restart hobo

Potential Itinerary: Bob & Bob

8/5, Day 1

+ Depart Fairbanks (8am) for Nome (1pm)
+ Rent Truck
+ Swing by storage pick up:
  o bear spray
  o soldering iron
+ shop for food?
+ Go up to Anvil and check it out (if time allows)
  o check out wind speed.  Bring the backup anemometer from the Nome Storage
  o bring a spare diode
+ Check out Anvil City station
  o replace transducer of snow sensor
  o wind speed is reading 0 for the most part.
  o barometric pressure problem?

8/6, Day 2

+ Drive to Council (~70 miles one-way, ~2hours drive time)
+ Site Visit to Skookum (2/3rd along the way)
  o AT/RH is busted / disconnected
    - large blue channel locks
    - what else to better secure these things?
    - maybe bring out a pole that can be hose clamped to the cross arm.  Then hose clamp the cable protection to the pole.  Or, put the pole up, then take two metal deals, and make a sandwich with them around the hmp and the pole.  hose clamp in the middle to hold it tight.

+ Site Visit to C1 Grid
  o download data
    - sc32b
    - 2x serial cables
    - computer
  o review current data 
  o Bring soldering iron and be prepared to solder the precip cable back together
    - (no data since a week or two after the stand was installed in 2011)
    - bringing some cable protection and spare cable just in case.
    - 18 gauge butt crimps
    - crimping tool
    - red wire strippers
    - extra cable
  o get Vlad's soil temperatures back online. (loose wire?)... it worked for one hour (probably until I closed up the site last time
    - guessing loose wires in the logger box
  o replace RM Young Anemometer
    - Compass
    - make note of pre-takedown anemometer angle (verify it's facing straight south)
    - campbell screw driver
    - 5/16" nut drive
    - cable ties
    - climbing harness & extra caribiners
  o Level Rain gage
    - 5/16" nut driver
    - torpedo level
  o Level Net Radiometer
  o Change Net Radiometer Domes
    - tiny screwdriver
  o Change Net Radiometer Desiccant
    - old & new desiccant containers
  o Change out SR50A
    - 1/2" wrench / nut driver
    - 1/4" nut driver / flathead screwdriver
  o trim vegetation below snow sensor
  o test batteries with battery tester
  o leave with radio plugged into the data logger
  o site pictures
  o Look for chewage in soil temperature cable
  o replace tarp
  o need nrs strap for this site as well

+ Site Visit to C2 Blueberry
  o download data
    - sc32b
    - 2x serial cables
    - computer
  o review current data 
  o All 3 AT/RH are bad. --> I think either it's a bad control port or a loose wire.  Problem happened at the same time on 12/23/2011 and only affected the AT/RH sensors
    - be prepared to move the control port from w/in the program 
    - also move the control wire to 5V to see if that addresses the issue.
  o replace RM Young Anemometer
    - Compass
    - make note of pre-takedown anemometer angle (verify it's facing straight south)
    - campbell screw driver
    - 5/16" nut drive
    - cable ties
    - climbing harness & extra caribiners
  o Level Rain gage
    - 5/16" nut driver
    - torpedo level
  o Radiometer tower
    - 7/16 nut driver & wrench (I think)
    - torpedo level
    - might need a multitool for leveling them individually
  o Change Net Radiometer Domes
    - tiny phillips screw driver
  o Change Net Radiometer Dessicant
    - small channel lock pliers
  o Change PSP & PIR desiccant  
    - flat screwdriver
    - small channel lock
  o Change out SR50A and note serial number 
    - 1/2" wrench / nut driver
    - 1/4" nut driver / flathead screwdriver
  o trim vegetation below snow sensor
  o test batteries with battery tester
  o leave with radio plugged into the data logger
  o site pictures
  o replace tarp
  o need nrs strap for this site as well

+ Vlad Shrub (maybe)... probably not, river sounds high (need a vehicle to drive to this site)
+ Vlad Forest (maybe)
+ ?Site Visit to Bear Creek Thermokarst (Kenji Site)?
+ Return to Nome
+ Gas up in Nome
+ Overnight in Nome

8/7 Day 3

+ Nome to Kougarouk is about 2.5 - 3 hours driving.
+ Site Visit to K3 (~6 miles round trip hike)
  o replace RM Young Anemometer
    - Compass
    - make note of pre-takedown anemometer angle (verify it's facing straight south)
    - campbell screw driver
    - 5/16" nut driver
    - cable ties
    - climbing harness & extra caribiners
  o Level Rain gage
    - 5/16" nut driver
    - torpedo level
  o secure
  o Change Net Radiometer Domes
    - tiny phillips screw driver
  o Change Net Radiometer Dessicant
    - small channel lock pliers
  o Change out SR50 with SR50A
    - new cable
    - new sensor
    - cable protection
    - cable ties
  o trim vegetation below snow sensor
  o test batteries with battery tester
  o site pictures
  o probably a bad battery at this site.
    - need 1/2" nut driver
  o bear hit this site in Mid-May knocking it offline.
    - spare radio coax
    - spare antenna
    - hose cable ties
    - 7/16" nut drivers and wrench
  o leave with radio plugged into the data logger
+ Camp / stay @ cabin (or tent)

8/8 Day 4

+ Paddle across Kougarok River, unless stage is low (getting stuff into the canoe will be the most time consuming bit) 
+ Site Visit to K1 (~ 9 miles round trip from beach head)
+ screw precip lid to bucket
 o bring bucket out
 o bring drill out
+ Precip Orifice missing
  o bring new one out
+ 3m AT/WS mast broken off & hanging by AT cable
  o bring cross arm bracket out 
    - 1/2" nut driver and clamps required
  o reuse existing cross arm and move at/rh further out the bar
  o bring out a new hmp45C cable
+ 1m AT/RH needs to be reconnected again or something
+ bring out new tarp & NRS strap
+ left 3m radiation shield (rm young is intact (minus cable) in battery box
+ precip stand parts are in battery box (tee and 3 hoseclamps)
+ SR50A was bumped in May 2012... state unknown
+ All soil bad
+ Replace domes on net radiometer
+ Replace SR50A Transducer, note serial number
+ Download Data
+ Replace RM Young Anemometer
  o make note of angle prior to removal
  o make sure it is pointing north with the new unit.
+ new precip stand (parts are out there)
+ Trim vegetation below snow sensor
+ download data from K1 thermocouples
+ Site Visit to K2 (~2 miles round trip from beachhead)
  o Download Data
  o Review Data
 o Replace domes on net radiometer
 o Replace SR50A and record serial number
 o Relevel Radiometer Tower & Net Radiometer
 o Thaw Depth measurements at site
 o Troubleshoot failing HMP45Cs
 o I wonder if the multiplexer is failing here.  Funkiness from all three AT/RH sensors.
 o Replace RM Young Anemometer
 o Soil stuff has gone bad... again, a multiplexer fail?
 o new precip stand... unsure if I brought the parts for this out or not.

Trim vegetation below snow sensor
could AM416 be failing?
screw precip lid to bucket

8/9 Day 5

+ Drive & hike to Kigluaiks? (about 1.5 hours from Nome)
+ check out HMP45C up there
+ Return to Nome
+ Meet up with NGEE Part 2

8/10 Day 6

+ Drive to Council
+ Visit blueberry site?  
+ spend QT with NGEE group
+ return to Nome

8/11 Day 7

+ Return truck
+ Return to Fairbanks (10am)

Notes from Kenji

Todd -> next to the gravel road see the pipe stick up. 10m one is very clear, no vegetation. the other is near willows. look for the top of th epipe then loggers are inside the pipe.

Kougarok
two locations tussock the other site is a bit lower flat f tussock harder to see than flat site.

Bear Creek
just before bridge there is some tundra. can park on the higher spot. usually right side of the lake next to the road. see white spruce at thermokarst site. bottom of the white spruce miliatry army box hobo is inside lake is next to road. Matt's thesis is the lake. go around the right side of the lake. nearest white spruce tree. may have a flag or a pipe.

The every met site list:

take pictures of site
replace net radiometer domes
level net radiometer
level precip gage
self tapping screw the precip orifice to the precip bucket
replace snow depth sensors & record serial number
download data
review data
replace anemometer & record serial number
replace tarp and secure with NRS strap

Post Trip

Anvil WS still broken. I'll need to troubleshoot that again sometime
Anvil City WS needs the correct pipe on top
I think C1 Grid WS is misaligned (should be double-checked next visit. I think I had a 22* offset rather than 15* or something else)
Think about putting more thermistors out next year at Kougarok sites
more hose clamps (see Bob's fieldbook) for a couple of the precip stands to buff them up.
Fix C1 Grid program for Vlad's deal.
better secure all HMP45C heads using angle brackets and hose clamps maybe

Blackberry Notes

Tools & stuff

Net Radiometer:

Small blue channel lock for desicant
Small black phillips screwdriver for dome replacement.

Precip bucket:

5/16 nut driver for leveling
torpedo level for leveling
csi phillips screwdriver if the cable needs replacing. Then also could use small spade crimp on connectors and crimping tool.
hand maul for annual pounding of screed stakes

SR50A:

1/2" nut driver/wrench for ubolt
small blue channel locks for getting the cable off the sensor
flat head or phillips screwdriver for annual sr50a replaacement
pruning shears to trim under the sr50a

RM Young anemometer:

phillips to get into box
5/16 nut driver to aim the anemometer
flathead csi screwdriver if wires need to be adjusted in the box.
climbing harness

HMP45C

large blue channel locks to take unit off radiation shield
climbing harness for 3&10m

Radiation stand

multi-tool for breaking loose some of the nuts/screws
phillips screwdriver
5/16 nut driver and or wrench for cable clamps
torpedo level
small flat screwdriver

General:

Wire crimping tool for bear triage
wire stripper for bear triage
butane soldering iron, butane, solder for bear triage
hand maul for pounding in screed stakes
box wrenches (5/16, 7/16, 1/2)

Cable protection

file (smooth the edges)
tin snips (cut the conduit)
small channel locks (to straighten the aluminum back to round)

K2 Met notes

soil moistures still look good so the mux is probably ok.
thermistors all lookk sort of ok. Or, no wildy off from about freezzing resistances

Last 3hr reading -- resistance as measured
16.49 -- 17.33
16.5. -- 17.70
15.14 -- 15.68
18.2 -- 18.28
15.86 -- 15.92
21.15 -- 21.19
17.62 -- 17.67
17.2 -- 15.00
16.82 -- 15.27
20 -- 17.01

(This might be not quite right looking at the wires but established mux isn't busted I think.). Because: soilmoistures look okay and radiation sensors are good. If there is a problem it could be the resistor failing. So I'll check that next.

For kigluaiks:

Beef up the at/rh
pick up some pipe at kig2
bring up an assortment of hoseclamps
computer
cables
toolbag
- add large crescent wrench to bag.
- add 3/8 nut driver to toolbag

Need for Council:

Nrs strap and brown tarp
2 Desiccant and bottle for old stuff
2 SR50A
1 grounding rod for skookum
Cable ties
2 rm young anemometers
2 bolts for skookum
2 brackets for skookum
Drill and self tappers for precip
Net radiometer domes
Cable protection and yellow cable for C1
Pruning shears
Torpedo level
Tiny screwdriver

Tools used @ C1

Small channel lock
Campbell screwdriver
Black small phillips
Flat head screwdriver (smaller of reg size)
5/16 nut driver
Torpedo level
Hand maul
Little red handle screwdriver
Nice to have: small tarp with good tie in points for bungees to put over these bttery boxes for downloading data. Also a stick to keep the lid propped up.

Fieldbook Notes (minus sketches)

8/5/2012
Anvil Mountain

WS still not working
replaced diode
replaced anemometer head
moved from P1 to P2 in program
next step: replace logger & wiring panel
could use better moisture protection here (more duct seal)
clean up box
have Larry bring out a CR10X

Anvil City

Anemometer wobbly & broken
Replace Judd w/ SR50
- need sr50 & cable
put up the cross arm
Kenji's Nome2 lid was popped off. Put it back on and need to cover with something more. Maybe ziploc plus a hoseclamp

8/6/2012
C1 Grid

Nothing physically off about rain gage.
- determined the tipping switch had failed
Screed stake jacked the bucket off level though
nothing obvious wrong w/ Vlad's ST, either
- turns out there were some missing index markers in the program.
East-West magnetic line @ 62 degrees / 242 degrees (magnetic)
moved to 75 degrees / 255 degrees (magnetic)
- --> this is wrong. Will need to correct for this
Removed SR50A s/n 3557
Replaced w/ SR50A s/n 1439
Removed RM Young 05103 s/n 33821
Replace w/ RM Young 05103 s/n 111660
- 1 = clear = earth ground
- 2 = black = wind speed reference
- 3 = white = wind direction reference
- 4 = green = wind direction signal
- 5 = blue = wind direction excitation
- 6 = red = wind speed signal
Precip not working: (tipper failed)
MRC C3 on @ 5V
Vdiv @ SE4 2.44
So, now saving out raw values for MRC. think there is a program problem

C2 Blueberry

AT/RH at 1m & 3m back in biz. Grounding maybe?
Wired into 5V and got decent readings
Removed RM Young: East-West 102-282 Magnetic
Removed SR50A s/n 3527
Replaced w/ SR50A 1285
Removed RM Young 05103 s/n
Replaced w/ RM Young 05103 s/n 111662
Disconnected 10mAT/RH; think 1m & 3m are working again. Wired all 3 into +5V for orange wire. There was a groupd problem but now all 3 are into a different ground.

8/7/2012
K3 Mauze Gulch

3m AT/RH disconnected
WD is negative.
snow cable chewed
net rad bent at a -45 degree angle to the ground
Removed SR50 C1963
Replaced w/ SR50A 2910
Removed RM Young 05103 s/n 61996
Replaced w/ RM Young 05103 s/n 111735
Old WD placement @ 285 magnetic E-W line. Leaving at that position.
Net rad desiccant white plastic screw in deal @ K3 starting to go. Could use replacing
Added cable protection to anemometer, 3m AT/RH, SR50A. Could use 1" for the radio
all data looks decent
maybe think about Saito's 107 temps for SST at all the sites.

8/8/2012
K2 Met

Thaw Depths (cm):

50    54
58    44
35    43
39    64 - top of tussock
37.5  57
31    38
39    50
52    56.5
34    44
38    65
50    48
46    40
33    36
32    34
48    40
out   over

RM Young @ 242 magnetic. Moving new one to 285 magnetic
Removed RM Young 05103 s/n 33837
Replaced w/ RM Young 05103 s/n 111737
Removed SR50A s/n 3562
Replace w/ SR50A s/n 2901
10m ATRH disconnected. Tried to cable tie it in place better.
could use an extra hose clamp here. for precip bucket
tighetned up all wires on cr10x (most were solid)
think about moving 10m at/rh so it isn't in way of a good anemometer check on the next trip (probably need a new ubolt)

K3 Burn

1m AT SE5 Yellow
1m RH SE7 blue
3m AT SE6 yellow
3m RH SE8 blue
AG white, black, clear
WS/WD
- Green - SE3
- White - AG
- Blue - E3
- Black w/ clear - G
- Red - P2
@3m AT/RH installed s/n T4940016 cal date: 9/2010
Removed RM Young 05103 s/n 33840
Replaced w/ RM Young 05103 s/n 111655
Everything is back to working @ K1. Could use more hose clamps next year though.
Box looks better than ever.
WS @ 2.82m

8/9/2012
Kigluaiks

2.5 hours up
AT/RH busted up by rime. trying to make it more secure using parts from kig 2. The HMP head was broken in half. Some corrosion in plastic body but replacement sensor reads okay.
Removed HMP45C s/n illegible
Replaced w/ HMP45C s/n T4940021 cal date: 08/2008
Re-aimed antenna, got Anvil by radio.
moved rock cairn to point at anvil (better compass with me today)

Notes

If we go to Council tomorrow
- precip bucket for C1
- email Bill the program
- USB cable for kenji's site
Bob's hike ratings:
- C1 1.5/10
- C2 3/10
- K1 & K2 10/10
- Kigluaiks 8/10
- K3 5/10
Give to Larry:
- Camera
- axe from storage
Need to take:
- toolbag
- computer
- cameras
- water
- snacks
- ipod
- usb cable

8/10/2012
Anvil City

Fiex WS/WD put new pipe on top
removed Judd s/n 2898
replaced w/ SR50 s/n ???

Anvil Mountain

replaced logger but no dice on comms.
so now moved back to the old logger
next year maybe replace wiring panel or test more in Fairbanks

C1 Grid

Replaced tipper.
should recalibrate all the tipping buckets next year.

Bear Creek

got hobo downloaded

Things to do each visit

picture of station before leaving
picture of inside instrument box before leaving
picture of how far the thermistors have jacked out of the ground
replace all desiccant
replace net radiometer domes if applicable
level rain gage if applicable
tighten guy wires if applicable

Good toolbag used for the Kougarok sites

Good toolbag for 8/2012 Nome:

2 pcs 5/16 nut driver
3/8 nut driver
7/16 nut driver
1/2 nut driver
small blue channel locks
large blue channel locks
english allen wrench set
folding razor knife
gerber multitool
leatherman 1/ scissors
crimping tool
red wire cutters
black electrical tape
2 pcs small flat campbell screwdrivers
5/16 box wrench
7/16 box wrench
1/2 box wrench
medium flathead screwdriver
green tin snips (cable protection)
pruning shears
small red multi screwdriver
black paint pen
torpedo level
socket driver with 1/2 socket
small black phillips screw driver