ALERT REPORT: Week 1. Sunday December 31, 2006 - Saturday January 6, 2007 Prepared: Sunday January 7, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** - 005j truck at lab in order to unload and load from 1749z to 1845z. Toxics and PS-1 were turned off and Mercury 040 placed on zero air. - 005j Working and testing MD9 communications network at ~1900z. Communication with PSAP, aethelometer and NOAA Search loggers restored. NDIR and Met loggers isolated and daily manual transfers of files done into the server. ***********Highlights of the Week*************** THINGS WE NEED: *The items will be left on the list until they are physically received in Alert.* - Mop Bucket - Large latex gloves - Water traps for GC Crycooler - Set of jumper cables - Stirr oil for NaOH motor and hollow glass shaft Please note: Inventories are current as of the date the report is written unless stated otherwise. AEROSOL PROGRAM Aethalometer 1 Last blank on day 001j, 2007. O.K. PSAP Program 2 Unopened filter cases in Inventory O.K. Nephelometer - Offline CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler - Sampling switched to Igloolik sampler O.K. Last Blank: 359j, 2006 12 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler - 005j Toxics turned off due to truck at the lab from 1749z to 1845z (details in sample sheet) Pressure off: 16 Pressure on: 16 O.K. 11 PUF filters, 3 Blank(s), 16 GFF(s) 6 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 001j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler - 005j PS-1 turned off due to truck at lab from 1749z to 1845z (details sample sheet) Pressure off: 39 Pressure on : 40 2 filters remaining in inventory O.K. MET PROGRAM Ambient Temperature Sensor [Campbell 107F] - MD9 communications with server down. Making manual transfers of data from local laptop to server. O.K. Stevenson Screen and Dew Cells - MD9 communications with server down. Making manual transfers of data from local laptop to server. O.K. Tall Tower 10m and Lab Platform 10m RM Young Wind Sensors - MD9 communications with server down. Making manual transfers of data from local laptop to server. O.K. GAS PROGRAM NDIR - MD9 communications with server down. Making manual transfers of data from local laptop to server. O.K. NDIR Moisture Trap Sample Last trap change: day 338j, 2006. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #49C-73452-373 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #347 - Offline CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. PAN GC - 003j Disconnected snow inlet from behind inlet and connected to a pump in order to dry or expell any water or snow from 1552z to 1700z - 003j Installed new laptop but communication with logger could not be established O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6/CO GC O.K. CFC 11, 12, 13 GC O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory - current as of 007j, 2006 Pump Room (Spares) - Nitrogen: 3 steel tanks - Argon: 8 Steel tanks, 6 aluminum tanks - P-5: 2 aluminum tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel tank - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 3 aluminum tanks - CO2 tanks: 1 Steel tank, 3 aluminum tanks - HeXe:1 steel tank Pump Room (in use or connected as spares) - Nitrogen: 1 steel (not in use) - Zero Air: 1 steel, 1 aluminum (not in use) - Hydrogen: 1 steel (not in use) - P-5: 1 aluminum (in use) - Argon: 1 steel (in use) - CO2: 1 aluminum (in use for Nephelometer) - CFC WH aluminum tank - 6890 WH aluminum tank - 6890 T aluminum tank Old Lab (PAN GC Tanks) - Zero Air: 2 Steel tanks (not in use. Spares) - Nitrogen: 2 steel tanks (not in use. Spares) - NO: 1 aluminum tank - He: 1 aluminum - HeXe: 1 small steel tank Red Shed Storage - 7 Hydrogen steel tanks - 5 Zero Air steel tanks Office (loading dock, for shipping or disposal) - 3 He, 2 P-5, 4 Argon aluminum, 4 CO2 aluminum tanks, 1 small HeXe steel tank ready for shipping - 3 Steel tanks for disposal or shipping (1 Argon, 1 Zero Air, 1 He) MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): OFF Ambient air (012): - 365j Offline for sample inlet filter change and lamp voltage check from 1925z to 1936z (This information was posted on previous report, week 52) - Leak tested - Lamp voltage: 12.21V O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: - 365j offline at 1942z for the following changes: (This information was posted on previous report, week 52) - Sample inlet filter. Leak tested. - Lamp voltage check. Lamp voltage: 7.61 V - GEM inlet filter - Zero air generator inlet filter - Soda Lime trap - RPF - Fritz - Quartz filter - Zero teflon filter - All heating on at 2036z - All cooling on at 2053 - All switches to auto at 2115z - 005j 040 placed on zero air due to truck at lab from 1749z to 2120z. DENUDER INVENTORY = 1 tube: 1 denuder. O.K. RDMQ 2006 QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 352j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 001j, 2007. Inventory: 8 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 001j, 2007. Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 359j O.K. Inventory: 10 bottle(s), 21 week(s) Radon Monitor O.K. Last filter change: Day 002j. DOAS System - Offline IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. FLASK SAMPLING SUMMARY ********************Flask Report*************************** - Flasking done on friday January 5th this week. ********************Flask Report*************************** Sampling Conditions: -33.3 C, 6 m/s, R.H. 32%, 978.4 mbar. Flasks sampled: 05/01/2007 (5j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5001, M5002 Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 5087, 5088 Inventory 20 flask(s), 20 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 593-99, 594-99, 3693-99, 3694-99 Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-79, P2-80 Inventory 4 box(es), week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5051L, 5052R Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-, P2- Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL002 Inventory 10 flask(s), 10 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q56, 22-Q87 Inventory 42 flask(s), 21 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: 0, 0,0 Inventory 4 case(s), 8 week(s) COMPUTERS OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption: December: Ford (Nuuk) - 333j parked inside Ice Shelf building O.K. GMC (EC Rider) O.K. New Ford (No name yet. Tentative name: Red Rover) ok. BUILDINGS O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: 02/01/07 - 1 case with PAN GC laptop - 1 Triwall - 2 boxes with Justins belongings - 2 NOAA SS flasks - 1 small box with small flasks 05/01/07 - 1 box with Methanol containers - 1 Triwall - 2 Powerware UPS - 1 box with metal bits - 1 box with DSL ethernet extender - 1 box with H2, O2 sensor - 1 case with Power Drill Shipping Sent: 05/01/07 - 1 Triwall - 3 boxes NOAA SS flasks - 1 case CSIRO blue flasks - 1 box of NOAA 007 flasks - 1 box of Scripps 3x5 L flasks - 1 tube with denuder - 1 case of MPI flasks - 1 case of Toxics filters MAIL Mail Received: 05/01/07 - 2 boxes of Japanese Flasks - 1 Box with NOAA tool, electronics and batteries Mail Sent: 03/01/07 - 1 thermoluniscenece detector (Health Canada) - 1 Rain sample box (Health Canada) - 1 Weekly envelope - 1 Radon Filter - 1 ETL flash drive - 2 weeks of PSAP filters (6 filters) - 2 weeks of Aethelometer filters (4 filters) - 1 Toxics form - 1 Hi-Vol form Alert Weekly News