Field Timeline

Old Notes

28.05.02

Our final field posting. A couple of photos above show conditions now at the end of the experiment. It was snowing lightly here in St. Arnaud as Tom and I loaded the 5000 lbs of equipment onto the Nelson Lakes Transport truck. Kevin and Alistair came by and got all the waratahs and batteries and what not, so now all we have to do is pack up, pay Ted, and leave. So this is the final field update barring incredible troubles with customs that require sharing.

27.05.02

Snow nearly to St. Arnaud (and some sleet in the rain today)--such is US Memorial Day in NZ. Nelson Lakes Transport couldn't pick up because their truck was being serviced, so 6:30 am tomorrow we are supposed to load up. Rainbow Station took all the blue boxes, Alistair will take the waratahs, and Kevin will take all the batteries beyond what Alistair wants. So all the disposables are disposed of. Shipping manifest made and sent to Owens and PASSCAL.

26.05.02

Showery cold weather the last couple days as the last stations were removed yesterday--except for MORN3, which was stolen (sensor, DAS, panels, etc.). Police report filed with the Nelson police, who think it is likely to turn up. All the solar panel stands broken down. All the sensors we should have we do; we have all the DASes PASSCAL thinks we have, and we are down to counting up all the little odds and ends. Alistair Nicholls will take the waratahs off our hands, and Kevin Davies-Bourne will take as many batteries as we will give him; he will also bury the barbed wire (the only way he thinks proper to get rid of it). Shipment out will be tomorrow afternoon; probably will transit Wellington and customs on Wednesday or Thursday.

However, a laptop PASSCAL sent is nowhere to be found....

Blustery weather made it uncomfortable for helpers from Wellington on their return in the Surf--4 m swells were forecast for Cook Strait. Their help was essential and much appreciated; we hope the ride was better than forecast.

Array notes have been updated with removal information, including a number of misoriented sensors. Hope to add the download info from the past few months before leaving. Apparently there were no thorough deployment notes from December.

Grahams (Rainbow) and Ward (Molesworth) notified of our departure.

Departure plans from St. Arnaud remain the same as originally made: Tom will leave through Nelson on Tuesday and Craig will head south towards Dunedin.

24.05.02

Our warm wet northerlies turned into cold but dryer southerlies overnight. Mountains have snow, as did WAG and BBK (but only a little). Sun was out and drives were shorter. WAG removed (including the hidden fragment of a station at W3--please tell me there isn't anything at W4), half of BBK and MOR have been removed. Expect the rest out tomorrow.

refdump files are being tar'ed to DLT from April downloads, 5MI, and RTN arrays. We have 11 DASes or disks with varying degrees of problems in playback. Packing has begun.

Ted found the CU BB boxes somewhere (he didn't say where). The magic of St. Arnaud. This leaves only the solar panels missing boxes, I think--not quite as difficult.

23.5.02

Led by the crack team of Mathieu and Michelle, we removed all 10 RTN stations, the Sedgemere BB, and WAG S3-S5. Many of these stations were still up and functioning, though disks had filled long ago (this is the first download for RTN). Only a couple of stations seriously damaged by cattle. This despite occasional heavy downpours and a busted spring in Alistair's trailer. Rain is forecast to finally fade tonight. Will look into BBK tomorrow, will finish WAG, and may do MOR. Will also start packing!

5MI stations: 8 yielded data (to about mid-Feb on average), 3 had some form of difficulty.

22.5.02

Removed 11 stations at 5MI array plus broadband near Acheron Station (ACH). All but N1 and ACH were offline, nearly all because cows had eaten cables and, in many cases, yanked the sensor from the ground. Exception was N2, which was dead because the panel and battery were stolen. Many of the stations had had the north component aligned with magnetic (not true) north. Will return to RTN in the morning to get it out, and will grab as much of WAG as possible.

Field computer back up. Material on data00 and data01 being backed up before downloading new material from field.

21.5.02

All arrived in Nelson OK (Craig and Tom from US, Mathieu, Katrina, and Michelle from Vic), then the rains commenced. Boxes nearly all moved from Windy View to Neals bach (next to the store in St. Arnaud). Neals bach, by the ways, has three bedrooms (two with 2 twins, one with a double or queen sized bed), a living room with a table good for a computer, a small dining area, one bath, one toilet.

We will try heading south to 5 Mile Stream tomorrow; rain was intense but not too long, so hopefully streams won't have risen much and no new debris flows across the road.

5/13/02

Travel arrangements made; CU team arrives 9:45 am 21 May in Nelson, AirNZ Link 8375 from Auckland (got there on UA flight 841, arriving 5:50 am). Tom will depart 28 May, 2:30 pm from Nelson as things stand. Lodging tentatively at Windy View cabin east of St. Arnaud, but subject to change if something better can be turned up.

12/26/01

Array pages updated to the end of Oliver's tenure in St. Arnaud. Awaiting detailed word on deployments just completed, including a map or coordinates of the MOR array site.

Arrays ALI, TOP, and SAR are all moved to arrays 5MI, MOR (new array to north), and BBK. MOR array has DASes and is presumably recording now.

Four of the eight dead DASes have been repared. Remainder to be returned to PASSCAL, three as luggage (to balance three Fred carried in). A request was made to PASSCAL for the 5 repaired DASes to be shipped ASAP, but no response to date suggests that this has not happened yet. I (CHJ) don't have detailed shipping destination.

CU computer was shipped out 21.12.01, just under the gun.

12/17/01 (18.12.01)

Apparently rain is the big problem in the field. Arrays ALI and TOP are (probably) out. Charlie has worked out a possible site to the northof the Motueka River along the road to Nelson from St. Arnaud. This is not ideal because it is still in the ugly geology along that road, but sites to the east may not be possible due to the combination of lack of roads and land ownership/usage. Someone from St. Arnaud will be taking the CU computer to Nelson tomorrow for shipment to the U.S. and to pick up Fred Blume. If roads are good and things are right, group might be heading south, but rain and complications are a problem.

12/16/01 (17.12.01)

• Array TOP removed
• Array BBK permitted
• Road out to RSF (landslide); will not be cleared until after the New Year. This jeopardizes both SAR and RSF removal.
• SAR heli removal permitted for 20.12, but weather and lack of access to RSF may nix this.
• Charlie's field contact numbers: 021 298 8610 (mobile) 03 521 1152 (field HQ)

12/13/01

Array listings update through August downloads.

12/11/01

Current plan is to move TOP, ALI, SAR, and RSF to new digs. TOP probably to the ridgeline to the northeast, ALI to the north, hopefully towards the ridgeline. SAR and RSF will move to the south, to RTN and 5MI. WAG for the moment will stay; perhaps it will move farther south once the other four arrays are dealt with.

Things underway:

• Charlie to South Island within a week, to be followed by Fred Blume from CU.
• Four Victoria University helpers
• Molesworth station (Jim Ward) has given a tentative approval to deployments on Molesworth station at arrays at Tarndale Station and Five Mile Stream.
• Charlie has (I believe) made housing arrangements in St. Arnaud for the field crew. Additionally, Jim Ward has offered use of housing at Tarndale Station if we desire it.

Things to do are listed above. Basically, arrays north of the Wairau Fault are still unpermitted, and transportation in the field is still up for grabs. Detailed maps for new northern arrays needed.

A fair bit of data is online at the IRIS DMC.

15.06.01

Contacted Molesworth Station. Current managers will be off in a couple of weeks (they are moving to Te Anau); new manager (Jim Ward) will arrive mid-July. Mailing off details for the three arrays we are proposing on Molesworth land. Note that the array maps are now updated with likely field geometries and maps are added for the Hanmer Forest and Emu Plains areas (which need to be visited and owners and access determined).

Martha Savage, Anne Sheehan, and Craig Jones discussed post-Novemeber plans. We expect to shift all the field computers up to Victoria in November when the arrays are moved. Servicing will be done by Martha's new student with a second student along riding shotgun; expect to be out one week every six weeks. (A strategy to use for this will be to start with the nearby, easy arrays and then, if any of those need repair, they can be repaired at night and then dropped off on the way to or back from more distant arrays). Martha prefers that processing remain in New Zealand, but we have to see if the CU computer can stay here the extra six months. Would expect if processing stays here that generation of SEED and excerpts of data will be done at Vic between service visits.

Word from the field (Charlie and David Fee) is that the northern broadband was deployed over a week ago. SAR access now very difficult for half the array (requires ice ax and crampons), though a warm trend might allow better access.

David Fee is now working in the field, having helped deploy a broadband and service stations on both south and north islands. He is responsible for getting calibration information on the L22s and trying to locate local earthquakes. Part of this effort has led us to try and get the Antelope autopicking software running well enough to use, since real-time catalogs are so-so (link added below for IGNS catalog texts)

31.05.01

In the field repairing away.... Three DASes repaired, five others heading back to PASSCAL. Once the three repaired are reinstalled in the field, we are down 4 DASes from our 50 short-period DASes, but three of those are still in the field (2 were left running without regular clock locks, one was left up at SAR because of the long hike out). Permission for the broadband to the north is now set up and the station should get deployed soon.

Visited Molesworth station. Arrays at Tarndale Homestead and Five Mile Stream look ok, as does one on the Clarence River at the Molesworth gate. Alma Saddle appears to be inaccessible. We envision at present two more sites to the south, one in the forest above Hanmer Springs, the other south of the Hope Fault in farmland. Permitting for this could probably be done over the winter.

Have tried running autopickers on field data to fill in local events--turned up a number of events (about 8-10 a day) many of which are pretty local and not in near-real-time catalogs.

22.05.01

Over the past few weeks we learned that our westernmost stations at array ALI are probably on Weyerhaeuser land and not the farm we had thought. A permit requent has gone (fax and courier) today to Chris Berry at Weyerhaeuser NZ Inc in Richmond for the deployed stations as well as a new broadband to the north.

19.04.01

Quick recon up the Tophouse-Hanmer Hydro road from the south. Sites at Lake Tennyson, Horrible Creek, and Fowler Hut were driven by. The road is travelled by tourists in the Hanmer area frequently enough that the road has to be viewed as well travelled. The area is also very open; hiding equipment might be nearly impossible. On the plus side, access should be very direct, and tree noise and sunlight issues a minor problem at worst. Side roads off the main road were padlocked (other than those to the power towers along the main road).

There are a large number of batchs for rent in Hanmer Springs. Harcourts Twiss-Keir Real estate (315-7084; 025-353-195) and Pam Farr Holiday Homes (315-7466) list many in the $85/day range; presumably long term rents could be a lot lower (should be in the $30/day range, I would hope).

17.04.01

Spoke with Don Reid: Sites ok as long as fenced in areas with cattle. Could just deploy on land with a call before deployment (but of course there will be a new manager in June--might want to check with new manager on this).

Broadbands deployed at WAG00, ALI00, Conners Creek Hut (CCH); RSF 00 was deployed on 18.04. A station is to be installed at the ski field gate (SFG?) and one on Weyerhouser land to the north near the first pass on the road to Nelson (about 5.5 km north of ALI00). The seventh station lacks a break out box for the last broadband sensor; when it is available, will be deployed in one of the spots the original WAI array was to use west of Rainbow station.

12.04.01

Anne and Craig to head to St. Arnaud to help with the deployment of the broadbands this coming week.

Tried Reids (Molesworth) and got no answer (10:45 am).

Batteries (20) should be in St. Arnaud yesterday or today.

06.04.01

Arranged for 20 new batteries to be delivered to St. Arnaud late next week; will need to pay at Exide at 149 Hutt Park Road, Gracefield. Arranged with Brian Holland; spoke with Vaughn in Nelson office about the delivery. Cost has gone up 15%.

03.04.01

Customs wanted to talk about all the letters of undertaking. Spoke with Paul McNelis 462-0295, and explained our experiment (he was concerned at letters of undertaking that had dates of nearly 2 years on them; he would have preferred that the letter actually have the proper end date on it and an explanation that unforeseen problems could extend the stay of the equipment in the country a few months). He's now happy with everything.

28.03.01

Third (BB) shipment from PASSCAL went out the door on the 14th and has been in NZ since the 20th; invoice (Excel spreadsheet) is at PASSCAL's ftp site. Web version is also available here. Called Richard Murdoch to find out where the shipment was (he called Tim S. on 23rd). We need to get the usual letter out the door here; it could be delivered with great luck before Charlie and Hersh leave on Monday.

Tried checking with the Reids about Molesworth Station access. Spoke with Anna; she has received the info on the seismic stations but Don needs to look at it; he is out working with the stock until about 6 April, so will call again then.

13.03.01

Spoke with Anna Reid about working on Molesworth Station. The Reids will be leaving in June. She said that their concerns are for the areas where they might have a lot of cattle in a small area (Tarndale Station) and areas up high where the young cattle are put to be by themselves (they don't want people just wandering by and getting the cattle going where they shouldn't be; Alma Saddle is a key spot there). I will make up a packet of material and send it on out in a day or so, then I will get in touch in about a week to see what they think and to see if we can get access to at least look around.

Sturgess last week verbally agreed to access across his land; permission has been requested from DOC. PASSCAL shipment of the broadbands was delayed twice due to Seattle and India earthquake RAMP attempts; sounds like it might start moving shortly. Initial data submission through PASSCAL apparently worked with only minor problems. Have used UCSD stapar files with newest Antelope software to generate SEED. Charlie to check on broadband sites at Conners Creek Hut and near the ski field gate.

Array maps have finally been updated; maps of other sites south from the Tarndale area are also finally on line.

07.02.01

Owens Global says that the latest shipment should be received in St. Arnaud tomorrow, 8 Feb.

Have a response from Sturgess on access and will send out another letter soon.

Final cost of helicoptering in SAR array was $3000NZ.

30.01.01

Yesterday the St. Arnaud Array was helicoptered in.

Trying to contact Fish and Game about Queens Chain along the Wairau River.

Shipment of 10 replacement DASes is now in Wellington awaiting customs clearance.

Charlie visited a possible site within Queens Chain along the Wairau Gorge. Maps of that possible site online.

25.01.01

Failed to heli in equipment again, so visited DOC office in Renwick. Met with Colin Davis and his colleague Jan (didn't catch her last name), who does work with ecosystem stuff and has some geology background. Array site at Lake Sedgemere area is trouble on two accounts: (1) most of the area is a special conservation area with a number of rare plant populations and (2) the area attracts yahoos who do things like shoot up signs. Farther south, the area around the site of Tarndale itself might be ok; the road access from the north is ok and usually can be accessed (along drive) from the south and then east. Two more array sites might meet with difficulty from the plant protection arm of DOC: a site near Tennyson Lake and a site near Horrible Stream. Basically, if it is flat and unforested, it is of interest to the plant folks as the northern edge of a bunch of ecosystems. Also, the area on the west side of the Clarence RIver ("south" to the locals, it seems) is in the St. James Station and the DOC association there is with the small Hanmer Springs office. On the plus side, the road going due south out of Tarndale is supposed to be passable to its end, where there is a longshot chance of putting in an array (a trail in that area is apparently not on the 1:50,000 map).

The other main thread was how to get permission. How it is supposed to work is that we first contact Molesworth Station through the managers, Don and Anna Reid. We then apply formally to Landcorp via Joanne Hantz, who acts on behalf of LandCorp. The application then moves on to the Commisioner of Crown Lands, who consults DOC in Renwick about the application. While the application to the Crown Lands and probably LandCorp is likely to just to paper-pushing, DOC might raise some concerns based on these ecological concerns, so we would probably be wise to consult with DOC directly in the early stages of deciding on what we want to do on these southern arrays.

22.01.01 (NZ)

Permission received to deploy the St. Arnaud (SAR) array by helicopter from DOC.

Lost panels from RSF have been recovered; they had blown well downhill into some bushes.

Currently 6 of the DASes at Field HQ are not ready for the field; several flavors of trouble....This leaves 8(?) for field deployment.

17.01.01 (NZ)

Array pages updated with new maps and more photos and download info. Click on arrays on the navigation pane.

Panoramas of the Rainbow Ski Field and Rainbow River/Wairau River jct. and the Tarndale area are online.

Array SAR has been field checked and looks promising. Permission collection to start shortly. Helicopter cost something like $1600 NZ to deploy.

Tim Stern is in the field for the North Island experiment until mid-February.

14.01.01 (NZ)

Two stations at RSF apparently damaged by wind, but vandals a possibility. Downloads from most stations have been done, but data not looked at in detail yet.

No word on where return shipment to PASSCAL is. Need to check.

New field HQ occupied 12/31/00 (listed above, along with landline phone). Photos soon.

26.12.00 (NZ)

Initial deployment is over, with arrays TOP, ALI, and RSF installed. Permission exists for 3 other stations. Rainbow Station still in doubt as we ponder our options. Field truck to St. Arnaud 12/27. 4 R boxes to be shipped back to PASSCAL this week for repairs; currently should be 22 good DASes and 29 good L22s in the field HQ.

12/13/00 (NZ)

Second shipment delayed; in Wellington now 12/15 earliest. Craig to take down on ferry.

Part of array ALI deployed. Toyota mired at S1 road.

Martha S. to come down 12/19 barring complications on North Island work.

12/12/00 (NZ)

First deployment (TOP array, 8 of 10 stations in). Second shipment to enter NZ 12/13; could be in field 12/14 but probably 12/15. Last landowners identified for permission; only 2 sites still lack contact with landowners.

Manifest of second shipment (some numbers may be wrong--read from fax)

12/6/00 US

First shipment to arrive in St. Arnaud 12/8 in the am. Second shipment still unknown. Discovered that the southern sites are all actually Dept. of Conservation land; email sent to Helen Campell (HCampbell@doc.govt.nz) with a cc to RCampbell@doc.govt.nz asking for permission. Scouting of sites started. Batteries arrived (12/7) (54). Mobile phone purchased, NZ number 021-298-8610. Peter, Craig and Sara N. to fly to Nelson and on to St. Arnaud early 12/8.

12/5/00 US

PASSCAL has equipment picked up; KWE estimates 4 days to New Zealand. First shipment moves out of customs (at last). Al, Charlie, and Tim P. head to Nelson; rental SUV not available until Friday? Charlie's luggage to take awhile to get down.

12/4/00 US

PASSCAL reports that L22s remaining will ship 12/4 or 12/5 (US).

FAX sent to shipper to go on to customs to get first shipment out of limbo.

11/30/00

Battery problems mostly settled with Exide folks. We'll pay 12/4 and they'll deliver 12/5 or 12/6 (to be decided on 12/4).

11/28/00

Busy busy busy. PASSCAL equipment is apparently in New Zealand; we have photos of it as it left PASSCAL with manifest. Shipping to the South Island will run about US$750 with an additional $300-400 for shipment

CU computer should be getting shipped today or tomorrow to Victoria University (waiting on CARNET stuff).

Batteries mostly settled (130 amp hour Trojans--wet deep cycle) though we have a bit of a payment snafu.

Last L22s from Kenya still AWOL.

11/22/00

PASSCAL + CU equipment has been shipped out from Socorro. CU computer is packed up and will be shipped in the coming week to Victoria University.

Spoke with Brian Holland (64) (9) 574-1145 at Exide (which is the successor of the company mentioned below); he is getting prices on wet deep-cycle batteries to be available from their Nelson location.

11/20/00

CU shipped 3 DASes, 2 CMG3-ESPs, and 50 preamps to PASSCAL for inclusion in the main shipment to New Zealand

No word on batteries or vehicle to purchase on South Island

Equipment in hand to ship 22 November; 25 L22s from Kenya still not at PIC and will be shipped later.

11/3/00

Tim Stern has been checking into vehicles and road access.

Red Deer Lodge in St. Arnaud will be our deployment headquarters, 5 December to -- Decemeber. Ted Krammer (NZ 3-521-1886) is the agent. Tim says "This has a main room with a concrete floor that has an area of approx 100 m² ( 1000 sq ft.) . Then it has something like 4 bunkrooms and a kitchen as well. Microwaves, zip water heater and power etc. Its right opposite the National Pk. headquarters so would be good from a security point of view . Cost is $100/night"

11/2/00

Kenyan experiment being picked up (this has the last 20 L22s that we will be using). KWE estimates that shipping by 22 November will get equipment in our hands in NZ 4 December.

Ongoing discussion about possible South Island locales for field HQ and huddle test.

Additional shipping to Blenheim South Island about $0.25/kg via KWE.

A possible battery supplier in Nelson as suggested by John Tabor:

GNB Technologies, gnb@xtra.co.nz http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~acourtl/COMP/C000231.HTM Tony usually deals with the Auckland branch: George Hawker, Sales Engineer Tel 09-272-1300 Fax 09-272-1305 Mob 025-420-881

10/30/00

Gracefield (IGNS) can host huddle test (insufficient room at Victoria U.).

KWE will be our shipper for this experiment.

10/20/00

Notified Tim Parker that we will have him down in New Zealand in December.

Contacted Unitrans again about missing quote; should get quote Monday (never happened).
Quotes to date:

• KWE (Joseph Bennett): $2.85/kg (= $5130) air freight one way plus 0.05/kg ($90) airport transfer plus trucking from Socorro to Albuquerque $350 plus "TSF" $35 plus NZ terminal fee $45 plus customs clearance $100. NZ delivery wouild add $0.15/kg ($270) plus forklift time ($75/hr). Ignoring local delivery, cost one way is $5750. They are unwilling to quote for the return yet. Air New Zealand as the carrier.
• Schenker (Mark Berumen): Air freight 4634.50, fuel surcharge $302.25, Socorro to Los Angeles $1480, handling $25, registration $20, misc NZ fees $328.80, local NZ delivery $250. Total cost one way is (without local delivery) $6790.55. Note almost the entire difference is within the US. Airline Quantus or Air New Zealand.

Had some discussion with PASSCAL about solar panels. Current plan is that what is available is shipped in November; additional panels to be shipped later in 2001 before austral autumn.

10/10/00

PASSCAL liason will be Tim Parker (tparker@passcal.nmt.edu) ph 505-835-5075 fax 505-835-5079)

10/3/00

Contacted Unitrans, Kintetsu World Express, and Schenker International.

9/28/00

PASSCAL informs us that equipment will be ready to ship middle November.

9/20/00

UNAVCO (John Owen) suggests Unitrans (Sean Crimmins, 650-588-1233) for shipping.

8/7/00

PASSCAL shipping estimate: ~8 pallets (48 x 48 x 40 "; this is an average dimension, pallet dimensions will vary) ~1800 kg total weight. Shipper info from PASSCAL (Ted deMaria at CIRES should be checking into these):

• Kintetsu World Express El Paso, TX 915-772-3611 Talk to Joseph Bennett, let him know it is a PASSCAL shipment; tell him PIC sent you.
• Schenker International Phoenix, AZ 602-258-7447 Sandii is the person in exports; again let her know it is a PASSCAL shipment, etc.
• David Okaya's shipper in LA is C-Air. A person named Howard does international routes. 310.348.3752

8/2/00

Tim Stern reports that the ship-based North Island work will be attempted in January 2001.

8/1/00

We are now listed at the IRIS Data Management Center

7/28/00

PASSCAL equipment list from Noel Barstow:

55 stations: First shipment, early Dec.

• 50 DAS -07 & clock or antenna, disk size = ?
• 50 L-22s
• 2 Fast Copy Systems: copy, reader, and 6 4.5 Gb copy disks
• 1 SUN Ultra 1, monitor, 50Gb disk (or 2 23Gb),
• FCS reader, DLT (7?), DAT (DDS2?) ?
• 3 HP Palmtops running FSC
• >50 30-Watt Solar Panels (for first 50 stations). Maybe as many as 100 30-Watt

2nd shipment, March 5

• DAS -08 & clock & disk
• 5 Broad-band sensors - 3T, or ESP, or STS-2

7/25/00

PASSCAL mobilization form submitted to IRIS PASSCAL (will eventually show up here)

7/17/00

IRIS DMC assigns us network code XB for 2000-2002.

7/13/00

China Lake is shipping PIC 50 35 W panels used winter/spring 2000 in Coso, 6 77 W panels. These might be available for us.

From meeting with PIC staff (Marcos Alvarez, Noel Barstow, Bruce Beaudoin) 7/11/00

• sample rate to be 40 sps or possibly higher
• at present, telemetry looks unlikely
• fast copy system with 22 Gb of portable disks + two units to be shipped for field use
• Ultra 1 with 50 Gb of disk space, DLT to be shipped
• L22 calibration system to be shipped
• 60W of panels/station (2 functioning panels)
• 50 L22 stations with -07 DASes
• 5 broadband (3-ESP or STS2) stations with -08 DASes about March 2001
• Data management: PIC will have new software that moves SEED generation to PIC from the field
• Sequence of events in Nov/Dec.for Dec. deployment:
  • equipment from CA to PIC, mid-November
  • 2 weeks of repair and checking at PIC. Equipment packed for shipping
  • preclear equipment through customs (sits at PIC during this): 1 week
  • ship equipment--1-2 days on ground to LA, possibly 1 day in air to NZ, probably another 1-2 days getting out from warehouse
  • huddle test equipment (PIC estimate 3 days, CHJ thinks less)
  • ready to deploy about 4 weeks after equipment returned to PIC
• should contract with a shipper to handle door-to-door both import and export dealing with all the customs paperwork
• PIC will provide commercial invoise for customs and shippers export declaration form
• PIC will provide list of shippers known to them, esp. one used by Okaya and Henyey.

C. H. Jones | CIRES | Dept. of Geological Sciences | Univ. of Colorado at Boulder

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