ALERT REPORT 51: Week 51. Sunday December 12, 2004 - Saturday December 18, 2004 Prepared: December 18, 2004 THINGS WE NEED: *The items will be left on the list until they are physically received in Alert.* Spare UPS units (Arctic Coordinator) Spare moisture trap for NDIR and GCs- as soon as possible please (Andrew/Bob) Parts for GMC Heater and Ford (Andrew) Please note: Inventories are current as of the date the report is written. AEROSOL PROGRAM Aethalometer 1 Last blank on day 341j, 2004. O.K. Aethalometer 2 Currently not in use. PSAP Program O.K. Nephalometer O.K. CNC Counter O.K. High Volume Samplers O.K. Last Blank: 327j, 2004 5 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 10 PUF tin(s) + 4 Blank(s) remaining in inventory 5 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 334j, 2004. MET PROGRAM Ambient Temperature Sensor [Campbell 107F] O.K. Stevenson Screen and Dew Cells O.K. Tall Tower 10m and Lab Platform 10m RM Young Wind Sensors O.K. GAS PROGRAM NDIR O.K. NDIR Moisture Trap Sample Last trap change: day 299j, 2004. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #49C-73452-373 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. Old PAN GC Re-programmed PAN integrator on 348j at 1522z. O.K. New PAN GC New PAN GC, Cal/Valve unit, and laptop shipped south for service on 349j. O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6 GC Found power on/off detected and software error on GC1 on 348j at 1518z. Closed and re-opened program unsuccessfully. Restarted computer and ALERT.S running at 1533z. Power on/off detected after start-up on 350j at 1800z. Closed and re-opened program and ALERT.S running at 1806z. Power on/off detected on 352j at 1315z. Closed and re-opened program and ALERT.S running at 1316z. CO GC O.K. CFC 11, 12, 13 GC O.K. Support Gas Tank Inventory - current as of 348j, 2004 Nitrogen: 2 tank(s) Argon: 14 tank(s) (6 large steel tanks; 8 small aluminum tanks) P-5: 1 tank(s) Zero Air: 7 tank(s) Ultra Zero Air: 1 tank(s) Hydrogen: 9 tank(s) He: 4 tank(s) (5 small aluminum tank) CO2 tanks: 0 NDIR tanks MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): O.K. Ambient air (012): 012 offline since 292j. O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: 040 zero air on from 1759z - 1804z on 348j for sample quartz filter change. O.K. RDMQ 2004 QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 349j Mercury Snow Sampling Experiment Last samples collected on 181j. Last blank on 176j. Particulate Mercury Samplers Shut down for season. OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 341j. Inventory: 26 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 273j. Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Weekly 14 CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 348j O.K. Inventory: 13 bottle(s), 26 week(s) Radon Monitor O.K. Last filter change: Day 341j. DOAS System DOAS disconnected on 327j at 2030z. Instrument shipped down south for service on 331j. O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler HiVol would not restart on 306j. HiVol back up running on 308j at 1520z after fuse change. HiVol 2 not currently able to run. 3 motors sent south for repairs on week 48 and 50. SEARCH O.K. FLASK PROGRAM Sampling Conditions: -35 C, 1.5 m/s, R.H. 31.1%, 981 mbar. Flasks sampled: 15/12/2004 (350j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5039, M5040 Inventory 3 box(es), 3 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: NA Inventory 33 flask(s), 33 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: H1028, 4943 Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 0, 0, 0, 0 Inventory 10 box(es), 10 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-97, P2-98 Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 4093L, 4074R Inventory 3 box(es), 3 week(s) York University VOC steel, pressurized: AES260 Inventory 2 flask(s), 2 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-221, P2-222 Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 373, 219, 473 Inventory 1 box(es), 2 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL026 Inventory 7 flask(s), 7 week(s) U of Heidelberg1L glass pressurized: 22-Q157, 22-Q158 Inventory 33 flask(s), 16.5 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized NEW INLET: P2-219, P2-220 Inventory Sharing with MSC Orange 2L Max Planck Institute - BGC: J0878, J0879,J0880 Inventory 3 case(s), 3 week(s) COMPUTERS TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption: 274L in November. Ford (Nuuk) Rod tie broken on 344j. Mechanics providing a list of parts that will be required to fix Ford and power-steering assist is suggested to prevent this problem occurring again. Truck is currently considered non-serviceable. O.K. GMC (EC Rider) Heater now working. Awaiting parts from down south. O.K. Franken-Truck Both trucks written-off to military in August 2004. BUILDINGS O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: 17/12/04 2 cylinders P5 1 cylinder CO2 Shipping Sent: 14/12/04 2 cases of PAN GC (Stoyka) 1 case Victoria 1 He tank 1 P5 tank 1 Ar tank 1 NDIR Zero Air tank MAIL Mail Received: 17/12/04 1 case Hg denuders 4 cases MPI-BGC 1 case HiVol 2 boxes Scripps 3x5L 4 boxes NOAA SS 2 boxes York 1 box UPS Mail Sent: 14/12/04 1 case Toxics 1 case Hg denuders 1 box Health Canada rainwater sample 1 case MSC Orange 1 box NOAA SS 1 box Scripps 5L Alert Weekly News Hello everyone, It's been a long and busy week in Alert. The station was fortunate enough to host a show tour this week on Tuesday and Wednesday evening. The entertainment included a magician, a comedian, the family country band "The Wilkinsons", Men Without Shame (a 70's band), and a fiddler from the East coast. It was a great time and a nice change from the usual weekly activities. I have to admit though, it wore everyone out and this turned out to be a quiet weekend. A funny event that I forgot to mention in the last weekly report happened last Thursday in the station orderly room. Every Friday at the TGIF meetings, three awards are given out. One of them is for a screw-up that has happened during the week that is so big or funny, it must be told to everyone and it is called the "fire alarm award". Well, in this case it was given out to two of the clerks. Last Thursday, it was an extremely busy day for these clerks because of the showtour and flight delays. Throughout the day they were both scurring around the office completing paperwork when in the afternoon they both heard "CFS Alert Search and Rescue". Sonya and Heidi both looked at each other wondering if they had heard correctly. Deciding that they must have imagined it because there was no emergency on the station, they continued on with their work. All of sudden, flights within a few hours away began trying to contact CFS Alert and the met tech called up wondering why. Then, the station warrant officer walked in. He had just received a call from Trenton. It seems that during all their hectic running around the office, one of them had accidentally pushed the emergency panic button that sits on one of the shelves. This button sends signals literally all around the world saying that CFS Alert is in an emergency attack position! Trenton was in the process of gearing up planes for a search and rescue mission and had sent out a message to all planes within a few hours away to try to contact Alert! Boy, did that get some laughs at TGIF! Luckily it didn't turn out to be anything more serious than what it was, but it was definitley the best earned fire alarm award I've seen since being here! Take care, Maria Maria Vavro Alert Baseline Operator Hi, Well this is it. Two days until my "scheduled" take off.!! The past 4 months have been great working for you all and with Maria. I know that my job will be the predominant memory I will hold when I leave. This has been a great experience for me as a student and as a person, all of my term has contributed something to my future and will stay with for a long time. I will be able to talk about this to my friends and people I meet, to employers and teachers as well throughout my the years. I'd like to thank everyone that helped Maria and I out during my stay here. I know the operators are essential to running the lab, but it is the good advice, feedback and support from everyone that helps the operators run it successfully. (chocolates in the flask containers help too!!) I'd really like to thank anyone that helped, or offered their help with my Technical Report. Especially Michele Ernst, Lin Huang and Celine Audette.! My original idea was to do a report on ozone, and many people offered data and information ; however the complexity of the issue, and lack of actual research on my part helped me decide to change the subject and to do an inter-comparison program for the MSC flasks. Most of my motivation came from Lin Huang, Thomas Seifert and Andrew Mannings' visit. It should turn out to be a successful project for myself and MSC. I'm sure Maria will be a lost puppy without me...I mean who will be there to hit the reset button on the modems? or plug in a pump when it is not running? or even give her pet names like "muffin man" or "poor guppy"??? I had a great time with her, and i'm sure that the next few students will love working with her too. She's a great co-worker and an awsome friend. We really had good times during our time together and god knows we had tons of laughs. I hope she gets all the help she needs from the military during my absence (so far they seem very willing) and I know that everything will go just fine for her during the rest of her stay. Thank you all again, Merry Christmas and happy holidays. Goodbye!!! Chad Guertin, Assistant Baseline Operator