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**Instrument Support Request (ISR)**

The Instrument Support Request has been designed to gather the
information needed to prepare for the deployment of an instrument at an
ACRF site to insure that all instrument requirements can be properly
accommodated by Site Operations. Please complete one Instrument Support
Request per instrument, answering all questions as completely as
possible. If you feel a question is not applicable to your deployment,
please write "NA" -- [do not leave any questions blank.]{.underline}
Site Operations personnel will review this information and will contact
you to discuss the requested support.

***Cautionary Note:** **Any change or substitution to the information
described in this Instrument Support Request will require further
evaluation by Site Operations before the instrument may be energized and
operated, possibly delaying the start of your field campaign.***

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| **1. General Information**         |                                 |
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| Name:                              |                                 |
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| Affiliation:                       |                                 |
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| Address:                           |                                 |
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| Phone Number:                      |                                 |
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| Fax Number:                        |                                 |
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| Email address:                     |                                 |
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| Instrument system name:            |                                 |
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| Brief description of instrument    |                                 |
| and measurements:                  |                                 |
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| Type of deployment:                |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   Field Campaign (Provide        |                                 |
|     campaign name)                 |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   ACRF instrument                |                                 |
|     development/evaluation         |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   New, operational ACRF          |                                 |
|     instrument                     |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   Non-IOP guest instrument       |                                 |
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| ACRF site where instrument will be |                                 |
| deployed:                          |                                 |
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| Brief description of your          |                                 |
| operations plan:                   |                                 |
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| Are any instruments currently      |                                 |
| installed on-site deemed critical  |                                 |
| to your deployment or experiment?  |                                 |
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| CAUTIONARY NOTE FOR NORTH SLOPE OF |                                 |
| ALASKA DEPLOYMENTS:                |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   Lodging at the ARCF Duplex is  |                                 |
|     on a first-come, first-served  |                                 |
|     basis. Do not automatically    |                                 |
|     assume that your stay can be   |                                 |
|     accommodated.                  |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   Vehicle use at the NSA is      |                                 |
|     limited, and ACRF Site         |                                 |
|     Operations activities take     |                                 |
|     priority. Do not automatically |                                 |
|     assume that ACRF vehicles will |                                 |
|     be available for your use.     |                                 |
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| **2. Deployment/Removal Support    |                                 |
| Needs**                            |                                 |
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| Planned date(s) of deployment.     |                                 |
| Please indicate your planned       |                                 |
| arrival and departure dates        |                                 |
| (Reminder: A Site Access Request   |                                 |
| must be submitted and approved for |                                 |
| each person requiring access to an |                                 |
| ACRF site to support this          |                                 |
| instrument deployment              |                                 |
| <http://www.db.arm.gov/SARS2/>)    |                                 |
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| How will your equipment be         |                                 |
| shipped/transported to the site?   |                                 |
| (e.g. Yellow Freight, FedEx,       |                                 |
| private car/truck, etc)            |                                 |
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| Size and weight of equipment?      |                                 |
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| Will your equipment need to be     |                                 |
| stored prior to set up or          |                                 |
| subsequent to tear down?           |                                 |
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| Will your shipping containers need |                                 |
| to be stored during the            |                                 |
| deployment? If yes, please         |                                 |
| indicate number and size           |                                 |
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| Will you need our assistance to    |                                 |
| unload, load, or transport your    |                                 |
| equipment on-site?                 |                                 |
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| Will you need any special services |                                 |
| for unloading/loading your         |                                 |
| equipment? If so, arrangements for |                                 |
| crane, forklift or other special   |                                 |
| services must be made at least 4   |                                 |
| weeks in advance.                  |                                 |
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| What is the desired location for   |                                 |
| your instrument? Maps are          |                                 |
| available at:                      |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   SGP:                           |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| <http://www.arm.gov/sites/sgp.stm> |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   NSA:                           |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| <http://www.arm.gov/sites/nsa.stm> |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   TWP:                           |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| <http://www.arm.gov/sites/twp.stm> |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   AMF:                           |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| <http://www.arm.gov/sites/amf.stm> |                                 |
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| What is the field of view (FOV) of |                                 |
| your equipment?                    |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   hemispheric FOV                |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   narrow FOV -- zenith pointing  |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   narrow FOV -- solar tracking   |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   narrow FOV -- scanning         |                                 |
|     (describe)                     |                                 |
|                                    |                                 |
| -   other (describe)               |                                 |
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| Does your equipment require a      |                                 |
| specific alignment?                |                                 |
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| What fetch or surrounding          |                                 |
| terrain/land use do you require?   |                                 |
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| What other instruments does your   |                                 |
| equipment need to be collocated    |                                 |
| with?                              |                                 |
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| Could your equipment generate or   |                                 |
| be susceptible to interference     |                                 |
| (radio frequency, electromagnetic, |                                 |
| acoustic, aerodynamic, etc) with   |                                 |
| ACRF or other guest instruments?   |                                 |
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| Are there any other location       |                                 |
| considerations?                    |                                 |
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| Do you intend to mount your        |                                 |
| equipment on an existing concrete  |                                 |
| pad, platform, tower, stand, solar |                                 |
| tracker, etc?                      |                                 |
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| Do you intend to provide your own  |                                 |
| platform, tower, stand, solar      |                                 |
| tracker, etc?                      |                                 |
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| Will you need assistance from Site |                                 |
| personnel to set up, mount, or     |                                 |
| install your equipment?            |                                 |
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| Will you need shelter for your     |                                 |
| equipment?                         |                                 |
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| Will you be providing a shelter    |                                 |
| for your equipment?                |                                 |
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| Will you need any utility support? |                                 |
| (water, etc.)                      |                                 |
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| Are there any other deployment or  |                                 |
| removal support needs?             |                                 |
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  **3. Data Connections**             

  Do you require connection(s) to     
  site data communications networks?  

  What is the planned connection      
  method? (Ethernet, serial, etc.)    

  How many connections do you         
  require?                            

  What network services do you        
  require? (ssh/scp (secure           
  shell/secure copy), ftp (file       
  transfer), telnet (remote           
  terminal), http (web server), smtp  
  (email), etc.)                      

  Will your data be collected and     
  processed by the ACRF User Facility 
  Site Data System? (If yes, have the 
  collection and processing           
  requirements been coordinated with  
  ACRF Engineering?)                  

  What volume of data do you plan to  
  transfer? (Note - Large data        
  transfer volumes will need to be    
  scheduled so as not to interfere    
  with ACRF data transfers)           

  Will you be connecting computers to 
  the ACRF network?                   

  What type of computer(s) and what   
  operating system and version (e.g.  
  Sun OS 5.5.1, Mac OS 10.2.6,        
  Windows XP, Redhat Linux 9.0) do    
  they use?                           

  What virus protection software is   
  installed in your computer(s)?      

  Before any of your computers will   
  be connected to the network, you    
  must submit each of them to our     
  technicians for a virus scan. Do    
  you consent to this?                
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  **4. Electrical Requirements**      

  Will you need to connect to site AC 
  power? If yes, please answer the    
  following for EACH LOAD you wish to 
  connect to the site AC power. In    
  the event your equipment is         
  contained in a single rack,         
  enclosure, or trailer, that is fed  
  by a single power cord, it is only  
  necessary to provide the details of 
  that main power feed.               

  What is the voltage of each load?   

  What is the frequency of each load? 

  What is the amperage of each load?  

  What is the phase of each load?     

  Are your AC power requirements      
  other than 120 Volt AC, 60Hz,       
  single phase (NEMA plug type 5-15P  
  or 5-20P? If yes, please provide    
  the NEMA plug type(s).              

  Has your AC-powered equipment been  
  inspected and certified as safe by  
  a Nationally Recognized Testing     
  Laboratory (NRTL), such as          
  Underwriters Laboratories?          

  If the equipment has not been       
  listed by a Nationally Recognized   
  Testing Laboratory (NRTL) has it    
  been examined and approved by a     
  designated electrical equipment     
  inspector?                          

  Please list those pieces of your    
  AC-powered equipment that have not  
  been inspected and certified as     
  safe.                               

  ***NOTE:*** All AC-powered          
  equipment that has not been         
  inspected and certified as safe     
  will be inspected by a designated   
  Site Electrical Safety Officer      
  prior to being energized.           
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| **5. Operations and Maintenance   |                                   |
| Support**                         |                                   |
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| Will you require Site staff       |                                   |
| support during this deployment?   |                                   |
| (e.g. for cleaning, alignment,    |                                   |
| calibration, data                 |                                   |
| collection/transfer, rebooting    |                                   |
| computers, etc) If so, please     |                                   |
| describe the following:           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Tasks, frequency, and time to |                                   |
|     complete                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Documentation / procedures    |                                   |
|     available                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Training, description and     |                                   |
|     dates                         |                                   |
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| Will you need any Site tools or   |                                   |
| parts?                            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Hand tools (screwdrivers,     |                                   |
|     hammers, etc)                 |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Specialty tools (soldering    |                                   |
|     iron, etc)                    |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Electrical / electronic parts |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Test / calibration equipment  |                                   |
|     (oscilloscope, etc)           |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Simple hardware (nuts, bolts, |                                   |
|     screws, etc)                  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Simple building materials     |                                   |
|     (lumber, plywood, etc)        |                                   |
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| Will you need any furnished       |                                   |
| expendable supplies? (If yes,     |                                   |
| which and what quantity)          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Speciallty gasses -- He,      |                                   |
|     N­~2~, dry air, etc            |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Cryogens -- liquid N~2~, dry  |                                   |
|     ice, etc                      |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Deionized or distilled water  |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| -   Cleaning materials            |                                   |
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  **6. Safety**                       

  Does any of your equipment          
  incorporate a laser? (If yes,       
  please provide the class,           
  wavelength, output power,           
  restricted area requirements, eye   
  safe range)                         

  Does this equipment emit microwave  
  energy of any kind? (If yes, please 
  provide the frequency, output power 
  level, restricted area              
  requirements)                       

  Does this equipment emit acoustic   
  energy of any kind? (If yes, please 
  provide the output dB, and          
  restricted area requirements.       

  Does the equipment incorporate      
  nuclear material or emit ionizing   
  radiation? (If yes, indicate the    
  isotope, amount, type of emission   
  (alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, etc),   
  activity level, containment, and    
  handling procedures.)               

  Will any work be performed at an    
  elevated area (workers feet more    
  than 6 feet above ground level) for 
  the installation and/or operation   
  of this equipment?                  

  Will you be bringing/using any      
  compressed gases?                   

  Will you be bringing/using any      
  cryogens (e.g. liquid nitrogen or   
  dry ice)?                           

  Will you be bringing/using          
  chemicals (reagents, solvents)? If  
  yes, please indicate which          
  chemicals, their quantities, their  
  purpose, and describe how you plan  
  to store, handle and dispose of     
  them)                               

  What personnel protective equipment 
  (PPE) are you bringing to           
  facilitate the safe handling of the 
  chemicals?                          

  Will you be bringing/using any      
  other hazardous materials?          

  Will there be any waste generated   
  by the operation of this equipment? 

  Will you be bringing any safety     
  equipment for your operation?       
  (i.e., Fire extinguishers, safety   
  glasses/goggles/face masks, etc)    

  Will you be bringing any safety     
  signs for your operation? (i.e.,    
  Restricted area, microwave          
  radiation, etc)                     

  Are there any other safety-related  
  issues associated with your         
  activities while on-site?           
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  **7. Additional Information**       

  Please provide any additional       
  information you feel is necessary   
  to support your deployment.         
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