Umiat Crew Trip To Do 2013

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Met Sites and Repeaters

DBM1 Accomplishment Creek

  • Lat: 68 24.696, Lon: -148 8.190, Elev: 1474.065 meters (4833 feet)
  • Telemetry Problem?
  • Battery was fine as of 4/28/2013 (last received communication date):
  • Data
  • Web Page

DUR6 Itmalakpak

  • Lat: 68 18.383, Lon: -151 7.468, Elev: 1452 meters (4764 feet)
  • Shovel out solar panel.
  • Replace barometric pressure if time permits.
  • Need a new e-fence charger.
    • The lower line is not working but the top line is working.
  • Data
  • Web Page
  • Web Cam

DUM3 Nanushuk

  • Lat: 68 43.243, Lon: -150 30.212, Elev: 541 meters (1774 feet)
  • Stakes needed to pin down efence charger
  • Data
  • Web Page
  • Web Cam

DUM4 Tuluga Met

  • Lat: 68 48.267, Lon: -151 32.633, Elev: 564 meters (1849 feet)
  • Potential bear damage at station. 
    • Have not heard from station since late September.
  • Need an E-Fence; Also new stand?:
    • is sitting on the ground surface next to the southwestern fencepost - to the south of the raingauge, the mount is broken and the solar panel/battery is not working
  • New Gieck Base & Alter Shield
  • Level Precip Bucket
  • Data
  • Web Page
  • Web Cam

DUM5 Encampment Met

  • Lat: 68 17.190, Lon: -152 7.908, Elev: 1224 meters (4015 feet)
  • Bear Fence Needs Repair
  • Data
  • Web Page
  • Web Cam

DUM6 White Lake Met

  • Lat: 68 21.774, Lon: -152 42.402, Elev: 1081 meters
  • Tighten wiring on Air temp backup (GWS style)
  • Data
  • Web Page
  • Web Cam

DUM7 Hat Box Mesa

  • Lat: 68 45.242, Lon: -152 34.372, Elev: 689 meters (2259 feet)
  • Put Conduit over Soil thermistor cable
  • Data
  • Web Page
  • Web Cam

DFM2 White Hills Met

  • Lat: 69 29.187, Lon: -149 49.284
  • Needs major  sensor repairs. Most of the sensors are bad.
  • Would be good to get rainfall and air temperature but I propose probably not fixing the following broken sensors: 
    • needs a new anemometer (bad bearings),
    • has a bad SR50 snow depth sensor old style
    • Needs an HMP Air temp sensor or a new backup sensor
  • Data
  • Web Page

DFM4 Northwest Kuparuk Met

  • Lat: 69 56.851, Lon: -149 55.014, Elev: 123.83 meters (406 feet)
  • Check radiation shields, are sensors in the shield? 
  • Replace SR50 old style. 
  • Fence was in very poor shape on last trip to station.
  • Data
  • Web Page

Surface Water Stations

Lower Itkillik Station

  • Plant Cam: Installed 2013-05-23
  • Needs freewave radio fixed 2013-05-26
  • Needs new program loaded into logger for turbidity reprogrammed except for turbidity which will be installed after breakup
  • Station has:
    • HMP,
    • 10KOhm resistor
    • Battery box thermistor.
  • Snow Survey

DUS3 Chandler Bluff Met

  • Leaning tower due to erosion problems. 
  • Measure the leaning SR50 snow depth sensor distance to snow surface and snow depth so we can possibly correct the bad data due to the leaning tower. 
  • Move mast onto new tripod base and patch up station best you can.
  • Remeasure SR50 distances, etc. 

Chandler Crossing

  • Install Plant Cam

Chandler Gaging Site

  • Install Hobo for backup
  • Install PTs
    • Record S/N
    • SDI Address
    • PSI Rating
  • Survey in Benchmarks & TBMs
  • Snow Survey

DUS2 Anaktuvuk River

  • Needs new soil thermistor string
  • Needs new Gieck Base and alter shield
  • Fix Cameras
    • Bring Extra Cable & Camera to the site
    • One camera working but untelemetered, second camera is functional
  • Snow Survey

Needed from Toolik

  • Stakes for DUM efence charger
  • Crimp on connectors
  • cr10x power plug?
  • cr1000?

Needed from Umiat

  • BLM flight schedule -- they aren't scheduling flights until breakup is further along.
  • Return Plant Cams to Fairbanks (2 units)