ALERT REPORT: Week 2. Sunday January 7, 2007 - Saturday January 13, 2007 Prepared: Sunday January 14, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** - 009j Installed Nephelometer - 014j Installed passive air sampler in scaffolding tower from 1900z to 2100z Site 1a: - PUF disk sampler - XAD sampler Site 1b: - PUF disk sampler (blank included) Site 11: - PUF disk sampler (installed at approx 2400z) ***********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 O.K. PSAP Program 2 Unopened filter cases in Inventory O.K. Nephelometer - 009j Installed Nephelometer. Span also done. From 1625z to 1705z - 010j Problems detected with impactor valve. Working on it at 1900z. Faulty power connection fixed O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler - Sampling switched to Igloolik sampler O.K. Last Blank: 359j, 2006 11 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 10 PUF filters, 3 Blank(s), 15 GFF(s) 5 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 001j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler 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 - 008j changing He tank from 1740z to 1750z Tank off: QMPAN 001 Pressure off: 0 psi Regulator : 30 psi Tank on: QMPAN 006 Pressure off: 1800 psi Regulator : 70 psi - 009j Cleaning and drying snow inlet at back of the instrument from 1551z to 1723z. Changed snow inlet filter. - 008j installing new laptop. Restoring remote control with server and logger communications. Installed loggernet software. - 012j Cleaning snow inlet at back of instrument after storm at 1600z. 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): O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: 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 Sampling Conditions: -30 C, 0.3 m/s, R.H. 11601.1%, 991.6 mbar. Flasks sampled: 10/01/2007 (10j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5011, M5012 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: NA Inventory 20 flask(s), 20 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: 4845, 5391 Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 891-99, 892-99, 3577-99, 3578-99 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-85, P2-86 Inventory 4 box(es), week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5137L, 5138R Inventory 5 box(es), 5 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-430, P2-431 Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 323, 520, 522 Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL005 Inventory 9 flask(s), 9 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q134, 22-Q135 Inventory 40 flask(s), 20 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT 150, TT 155,TT 159 Inventory 3 case(s), 6 week(s) COMPUTERS - 010j 3Com router not working. Printer Network went down. Printer Network redirected to the ziwall router. OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption: December: 249L 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: 11/01/07 - 1 Pallat with three cases - 1 case with NOx box instrument - 1 case with SN 007 Tekran - 1 case with PAN GC instruments - 1 Pallat with 4 Argon aluminum cylinders - 1 Pallat with: - 1 He aluminum cylinder - 1 box with hydrogen generator dessicants Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News