{"id":61,"date":"2017-03-02T23:13:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T23:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/inpop\/?p=61"},"modified":"2017-03-02T23:21:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T23:21:05","slug":"its-gettin-windy-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ciresblogs.colorado.edu\/inpop\/2017\/03\/02\/its-gettin-windy-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s gettin’ windy out there…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whoo hoo! I am set up and in operation. It took a couple days to work out a few kinks and get everything installed securely. Fred and Bruce helped ensure that our equipment is set up for the almost 50 mph winds and waaaay sub zero temperatures we are expecting. Just to put it in perspective, the site technicians, Dave and Josh, said temperatures reached –<\/strong><\/span>73 degrees Fahrenheit<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>with the wind chill the morning we arrived. YIKES.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Posing outside in front of my aerosol sampling inlets (the things hanging to my right) in my ever-so-stylish Arctic gear. Ah, so warm and toasty, even in 25 mph sustained winds \ud83d\ude09 The inlets are basically funnels covered with mosquito netting to prevent ice build up, which would clog the inlet and prevent any aerosols from being collected. The mosquito nets have something heavy in them so they shake in the wind and alleviate ice from forming.<\/p><\/div>\n

A beautiful Arctic sunset. Snow and ice as far as the eye can see.<\/p><\/div>\n

Enjoying the balmy Arctic day…<\/p><\/div>\n

Today, it took 1.5 hours to get into the site, a normally-10-minute drive. We had to essentially follow a bulldozer in to prevent getting stuck in the snow drifts rapidly forming on the one road to the site. One we were in, I worked quickly as we had to leave after about 30 minutes to prevent getting stuck at the site. We are back at the camp now. The samplers are working hard while I am at work at camp, nice and toasty in my bed \ud83d\ude42 Winds are expected to reach\u00a048 mph<\/span><\/strong> tonight and into tomorrow!<\/p>\n

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Us following the bulldozer and truck-o-technicians into the site, luckily our truck was warm, because boy, was it cold outside.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Phew, finally made it to the site!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yup, currently 35 mph and getting worse every hour. Time to stay inside!<\/p><\/div>\n

Funny, a beautiful blue bird day on Feb 28, and now a howling white out on Mar 2. #Arcticresearchlife<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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