Deployment 1411
UCM-Contam deployment at Merced / San Joaquin River confluence, September 7-11, 2009


Deployment Information

Start date: 09/07/09
End date: 09/11/09
Purposes: Application's Research
Location: Merced / San Joaquin River confluence


Group Information

UCM-Contam


Participants |Leaders are shown in bold.

Butler, Chris
September 7, 2009

Fisher, Jason
September 7, 2009

Rat'ko, Alex
September 7, 2009

Harmon, Thomas
September 7, 2009

Pai, Henry
September 7, 2009


Technology Information

Soil Pylon - Stack of soil sensors housed in a pylon
NIMSRD - Rapid Deployment version of NIMS node


Equipment Information
Item Item Notes# needed, # for backup (source) Dep. Notes


Task Information


Predeployment tasks:

TaskPrimary Responsible PartySecondary Responsible Party# of People Needed
1: Build orange NIMS-RD boxNone selectedNone selectedN/A
2: Sensor relay boxNone selectedNone selectedN/A
3: prepare NIMS-RD softwareNone selectedNone selectedN/A
4: Prepare festooning cableNone selectedNone selectedN/A
5: Test NIMS-RD systemNone selectedNone selectedN/A
6: Pack NIMS-RD & componentsNone selectedNone selectedN/A
7: Send NIMS-RD to MercedNone selectedNone selectedN/A
8: Inventory NIMS-RD equipmentNone selectedNone selectedN/A
9: Test pulley contraptionNone selectedNone selectedN/A
10: Order more pulleys if necessaryNone selectedNone selectedN/A
11: Prep field laptop with : NIMS code, R code, Enthought (Py), Sontek, HydrolabNone selectedNone selectedN/A
12: decide dwell times and plot densityNone selectedNone selectedN/A
13: Point generation (Py), user options: x, y, dwellNone selectedNone selectedN/A
14: Rough data plotter (R), user options: x, y, time vs. col. #None selectedNone selectedN/A
15: test surveying equipmentNone selectedNone selectedN/A
16: River prep - Survey, Bathymetry, clear brush, set anchors in T3None selectedNone selectedN/A


Postdeployment tasks:

TaskPrimary Responsible PartySecondary Responsible Party# of People Needed
1: UnpackNone selectedNone selectedN/A
2: Upload dataNone selectedNone selectedN/A
3: Post-calibrate sensorsNone selectedNone selectedN/A




Additional Notes

There are no additional notes for this deployment.


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