CalNex-LA Logistics
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This page is a repository for all logistical information for the CalNex-LA site. A shortcut to this page is http://tinyurl.com/calnex-log.
Contents
Dates
The dates for all the platforms of the larger CalNex campaign, including the LA ground site, are at http://tinyurl.com/calnexschedule.
The FINAL dates for the CalNex-LA site are:
- Setup and start of measurements: May 5-14
- Official measurement period: May 15 0:00 to June 16 0:00 (local times)
- Tear Down: June 17-19
These dates were partially chosen to maximize overlap with other platforms, especially the NOAA P3 and the R/V Atlantis.
Location
The site is planned at Caltech. The location of the site can be seen in this Google Maps Link (easy-to-remember shortcut is http://tinyurl.com/calnex-la-site. The coordinates are 34.140582 N, -118.122455 (+34° 8' 26.10", -118° 7' 20.84). Please do not contact Caltech with logistical questions, rather send those to Jochen, Joost, or Jose.
Some pictures of the site location can be viewed here.
Planned Instrumentation
This information is now kept as a Google Spreadsheet due to easier formatting and modification. It can be viewed in two ways:
- As a non-editable web page by anyone here
- As an editable Google Spreadsheet with the link that was sent by email to everyone (email Jose if you want to be able to edit directly and did not get or have lost that link)
Travel and Lodging
- Transportation to and from Caltech
- The closest commercial airport to Caltech is Burbank (BUR). Los Angeles International (LAX) and Ontario (ONT) are also good options. Orange County Airport (John Wayne, SNA) is farther.
- Some information on local transportation is here, here, here, and here.
- Besides rental cars, a flexible and convenient option to go from the airports to Caltech and back is SuperShuttle. Reservations are highly recommended.
- Parking at the site: TBD. It will likely be limited, and we encourage people to share rental cars to save parking spots and expenses.
- Maps
- Google Map of the Site (same as above).
- This is a map of the local area around Caltech which marks restaurants, grocery stores, banks, and other stores].
- Multiple maps of the Caltech campus are available here. In particular the PDF map and the Interactive Map may be very useful.
- Logding:
- Corporate Apartments: We have contacted Oakwood Corporate Housing (www.oakwood.com) about one and two-bedroom apartments. They have several complexes in Pasadena. Have a look at the flyers they prepared for us explaining what they offer and what locations they have: ADD LINKS TO PDF. Here are addresses and links to some the properties they have around Pasadena:
- Gateway Villas, 290 N. Hudson Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101, property page
- City Place Apartments, 801 E. Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91101 property page
- Oakwood Toluca Hills, 3600 Barham Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90068, property page
- Prices are quite reasonable with a two bedroom ranging from $115-$133 per night. Please contact Rebekah Travouillon (323.878.2100 / rtravouillon@oakwood.com) or Adrianna Gurrola (323.878.2100 / agurrola@oakwood.com) to arrange your lodging with Oakwood. They are expecting your calls. Please mention CalNex so that they know why you are calling.
- Hotels near Caltech: see this list of hotel, motels, and long stay options from Caltech.
- Corporate Apartments: We have contacted Oakwood Corporate Housing (www.oakwood.com) about one and two-bedroom apartments. They have several complexes in Pasadena. Have a look at the flyers they prepared for us explaining what they offer and what locations they have: ADD LINKS TO PDF. Here are addresses and links to some the properties they have around Pasadena:
Other Setup Information
- Trailers: we plan to rent 8 ft x 40 ft trailers from Mobile Mini, exactly as the ones in this link
- Shipping location:
| For Packages and Equipment (UPS, Fedex) Attn: UCLA ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENT |
For US Mail: Attn: UCLA ATMOSPHERIC EXPERIMENT |
- Shipping of chemicals, gas cylinders, and rad. sources: TBD
- Suppliers of gas cylinders and liquid N2: TBD
- Internet connection at the site: being investigated.
- A good alternative is that each group acquires a cell-phone system hotspot, such as the Mifi, which also acts as a Wifi hotstop that can connect up to 5 computers to the internet. This is a link to the Mifi from Verizon Wireless and this is the same device through Sprint. Data rates are reasonable, and cost for Verizon is $100 per Mifi and $60 per month for 5 GB of data, without the need for a contract.
- Restrooms at the site: TBD
- Power converters: for investigators coming from Europe, remember that electricity in the US is 110 V and 60 Hz, while in Europe it is typically 220 V and 50 Hz. Please verify that your equipment can work with US power, or get the appropriate adaptors or transformers. Note that some components may not work under 60 Hz. E.g. we have had this problem in the past with some sampling pumps.
- Special resources:
- space in freezers: TBD
- space in refrigerators: TBD
- access to drains for IC water (non toxic): TBD
- Setup costs: TBD
Email List
- We have created the CalNex-LA Google group to serve as email list and email archive for the project.
- If you are subscribed to the group and want to send an email to everyone, please email <calnex-la@googlegroups.com>. (Pls do this in moderation as the usefulness of the list is inversely proportional to the email traffic in the list -- people stop paying attention if there are too many messages).
- Two immediate advantages of this system are that people can add and remove themselves, or add others in their groups etc. at http://groups.google.com/group/calnex-la/, and that there is an automatic archive on the web for all messages sent to the list.
Science Meetings and Data Sharing
- Science Meetings while in the field: we expect to have weekly meetings, dates and locations TBD.
- Data need to be submitted in ICARTT Format to facilitate sharing. We would like to encourage people with continuous instruments to upload preliminary data often (daily, or every few days), and we will try to produce merged plots for discussion at the meetings.
- The data will be uploaded into a password-protected FTP site provided by NOAA. Details TBD.
Conference calls
All conferences are on Thursdays at.
- 1st: Thu Feb 18: This is the Google Presentation shown during the meeting
- 2nd: Thu March 4: This is the Google Presentation shown during the meeting
- 3rd: Thu March 18: The presentation will be linked here the day before the meeting
- 4th: Thu April 1
- 5th: Thu April 15
- 6th: Thu April 29
FAQs
- Frequently asked questions will be added here
