[Geysers] Next summer's logger downloads

[Karen Webb]

Yeah, with respect, this seems a little short-sighted. So many of the 
geysers change, cyclically if nothing else, that, while data logged is 
data logged no  matter when, for a place like OF, it gives you nothing 
to go on while you're physically in the park. I really miss that little 
grid they used to let Ralph Taylor do that showed year-to-date as well 
as the month and week prior. And is Hank missing the word "volunteer?" 
In what universe do you ever want to turn down people with experience 
who love their work so much they will work for free?
'Karen Webb

On 12/4/2012 8:21 PM, Will Boekel wrote:
> So I asked Mr. Heasler if I could help maintain the loggers that 
> require no off boardwalk work (aka the logger is under the boardwalk, 
> like at Grand)and possibly help with thermal cleaning next summer if I 
> am hired for a position at Old Faithful and got this response.
> "The current strategy is to download temperature loggers twice yearly. 
> This minimizes human impact to the area and the need to be off boardwalk.
> I appreciate your offer to volunteer for the YNP Geology Program. I do 
> not have plans for volunteers at Old Faithful this year. There is a 
> possibility to have a volunteer, based out of Mammoth, for a short 
> time either early this spring or late in the fall, if you are interested."
> I see a few problems with this strategy. One being that if a sensor 
> fails, it is going to take a while to find out that it broke and that 
> may cause huge loss of data and that the data becomes more irreverent 
> to current activity for when your in the park with fewer downloads 
> because the data won't be able to be processed except at the beginning 
> of the season for winter data and after the end of the season for 
> summer data. These download dates I'm guessing on based on the last 
> launch and pull dates of the current data.
> Will Boekel
>
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