Week 6: Google, Gills, and Geckos

7/19/10
     Katie, Greta, and I went to the Tansy Station and retrieved the CT sensor for cleaning. The sensor was attached to a rope, so we were able to retrieve it simply by pulling it up. We brought the sensor into the boat and it was covered with barnacles. We made a quick trip to the Desdmona Station to check for comorrant chicks. We won't work on a station if there are chicks because the chicks become frightened, throw themselves into the river, and drown. To check for chicks, I had to scurry up one of the stations poles in a way that Greta found comparable to a gecko.
     Then I got to drive the boat back to port, and later, I got to clean the sensor.

7/20/10
    We returned the freshly cleaned CT to Tansy Station and went to SAT 04 to repair the roof on the shed. I also looked into what it takes to put google earth on a website.
 
7/21/10
    Michael, Katie, Greta,  and I went to Desdemona Station to replace the CT. Desdomona isn't as easily accessible as Tansy, so Greta and Katie had to dive down and attach the old CT to a rope so that Michael and I could pull it up. When we brought the old CT into the boat we also brought in a bunch of little fish and crabs. One particularly massive and viscious crab pinched me as I was trying to throw it and the fish back overboard. While I was busy saving the fish, Greta and Katie were attaching the new sensor.

7/22/10
    I worked on writing KML script, while waiting to give the tour of CMOP-Astoria to my fellow interns.

7/23/10
    I drove to Portland to hear a very informative presentation on writing grant proposals.