Observed at: Tiksi Elevation:23 ft / 7 m -6 F / -21 C Light Snow Humidity:77% Dew Point:-11 F / -24 C Wind:13 mph / 22 km/h / 6.0 m/s from the WSW Pressure: in / 1014 hPa Windchill: -26 F / -32 C Visibility: 4.3 miles / 7.0 kilometers Overcast ft / 3962 m Tiksi From Wikipedia Coordinates: 7138N 12852ECoordinates7138N 12852E Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Tiksi (Russian: ) is a port settlement in Bulunsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the Arctic Ocean coast. It is one of the principal ports for accessing the Laptev Sea. It is served by Tiksi Airport.RussianportsettlementBulunsky Ulus Sakha RepublicRussiaArctic OceanLaptev SeaTiksi Airport Population: 5,100 (2004 est.) 5,873 (2002 Census); 11,649 (1989 Census).2002 Census1989 Census Imports: How will routine shipments be handled? Flask samples, precip O18 samples, filter samples (Uof Wash) Routine calibrations? (winter) Done in Russia? (NASA) Spare parts Rush shipments Clearing new items to be shipped Shipper?DHL???Customs Broker? Actual itinerary West coast East coast (stops) Deemed ExportExport controls (45 days for permit if control is needed) International groups (who do they contact?) Bi-Lateral Agreements Science & Technology Agreement (US and Russian) MOU: NWS and ROSHydromet ESRL Letter Russian Customs document (translation) Contacts on Russian side? Size restrictions? Weight restrictions? Sea LiftSchedule? Air freightSchedule? Hazardous Materialsgases? Fees:Customs, taxes, actual shipping Who pays and how do we transfer funds between agencies?? CRDF Non-Profit organization?? US Govt Property issues?? Gift? Loan? VECO Polar Resources http://www.vecopolar.com/SingleHTMLTextArea.aspx?P=AD838C3264B94849A59624F826218DF1http://www.vecopolar.com/SingleHTMLTextArea.aspx?P=AD838C3264B94849A59624F826218DF1 Tom Quinn Exports: How will routine shipments be handled? Flask samples, precip O18 samples, filter samples (Uof Wash) Routine calibrations? (winter) Done in Russia? Rush shipments Shipper? Contact? Need to come up with steps for shipping flow chart..Web Site Equipment to be shipped (wt, size, declared value, ?) Length of deployment Deemed export (controlled technology)? On site Controlled Technology? ? Tom Conway (NOAA/GMD) Ideal when box (2 weeks of samples is full) Worst case (6 months (6x2=12 boxes) Justyna Nicinska (NOAA Silver Spring) Bill Otto (NOAA ESRL) Dan Wolfe (NOAA ESRL) Mikhail Sorokine NASA Janet Intrieri (NSF) Tom Grenfell (U of Wash) Tiksi Deemed Export Notes The numbers in brackets refers to the item number of the Russian import document put compiled by Sergey Matrosov. Item 1 [11.1.1] Sherpa 60 Manual Portable Sampling Unit (MPSU), by High Precision Devices, Inc. The design is NOAA owned, and has been published. It has been determined that none of the basic parts require an export license. Web isPhone is Cost is about $3920. Item 2 [11.2] UV photometric Ozone analyzer model 49i, by Thermo Electron Corporation (now Thermo-Fisher ). Serial number: CD number: CD No export license is required per company reps. Debbie and Miriam Daniels (X 1542 or ) General number is Cost is about $6,777. Also, going with the Ozone analyzer is a DELL laptop PC, serial F1KTQ61, CD , with basic windows and executable only software to run the Ozone analyzer.