ALERT REPORT: Week 10. Sunday March 11, 2007 - Saturday March 17, 2007 Prepared: Sunday March 18, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** - 074j Dave Longernecker, Rob Albee and Ormanda leave Alert after successfully seting up NOAA SEARCH. Dave Halpin arrives to work in Hi-Vol samplers - 075j Aerosols Relative humidity and temperature pump off for repairs from 1846z to 1942z - 078j 3 power outages in the station, lasting between 1 to 3 minutes, starting at approximately 2305z and ending at approximately 2350z. ***********Highlights of the Week*************** THINGS WE NEED: *The items will be left on the list until they are physically received in Alert.* - Heat packs for flasks - Mop Bucket - Large latex gloves - Double sided velcro - Set of jumper cables - Stirer oil for NaOH motor and hollow glass shaft. NaOH spare motor - Complete Burn Kit and First Aid Kit Please note: Inventories are current as of the date the report is written unless stated otherwise. AEROSOL PROGRAM Aethalometer 1 Last blank on day 057j, 2007. O.K. PSAP Program N/A Nephelometer N/A CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler - 075j Dave Halpin reinstalled new blower in sampler. - 076j Calibration done O.K. Last Blank: 050j, 2006 10 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 13 PUF filters, 4 Blank(s), 19 GFF(s) 7 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 064j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. 7 filters remaining in inventory 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 - 075j Checking flows. Placed on adjusting mode at 1910z - readjusted bleed venting flow to approx. 125 ml/min - back on at 1933z O.K. CAPMoN Ozone TEI 49C #49C-73452-373 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #347 - Offline CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. PAN GC O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6/CO GC - 073j P-5 gas tank change from 1545z to 1549z Tank off: GGML 010 Pressure off: 150 psi Tank on: GGML 011 Pressure on: 2000 psi Regulator: 70 psi O.K. CFC 11, 12, 13 GC O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory - current as of 067j, 2007 Pump Room (Spares) - Nitrogen: 3 steel tanks - Argon: 8 Steel tanks, 11 aluminum tanks - P-5: 1 aluminum tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel tank - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 2 aluminum tanks - CO2 tanks: 1 Steel tank, 1 aluminum for Neph. 1 CO2 aluminum tank for NDIR - 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) - 2 Steel tanks for disposal or shipping (1 Zero Air, 1 He) - 2 Helium, 1 Argon aluminum tank, 1 C02, 1 P-5 aluminum tanks for shipping MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): - 070j offline for sample inlet filter change from 1700z to 1720z Leak tested Voltage: 11.70 - 071j LCD screen acting up, reseted instrument by shutting off instrument at on/off switch at 1540z O.K. Ambient air (012): - 070j offline for sample inlet filter change from 1700z to 1720z Leak tested Voltage: 10.40 O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: - 070j offline for sample inlet filter soda lime trap change from 1700z to 1732z Leak tested Voltage: 11.70 - 070j offline at 1955z for the following changes - Quartz filter - Teflon zero filter - RPF glassware - Denuder - Fritz - GEM inlet filter - Zero air generator filter - All heating on at 2020z - All cooling on at 2038z - All switches to auto at 2051z O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 2 cases: 2 denuder. O.K. RDMQ 2007QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 029 OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 061j Inventory: 7 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: 064j O.K. Inventory: 5 bottle(s), 10 week(s) Radon Monitor - 074j Range Check error showing in Radwind program which stops data aquisition. Restarted computer at 1248z O.K. Last filter change: Day 064j. DOAS System - 073j Took instrument inside the lab to test some other Ocean Optic cables at approximately 1500z. One cable good. DOAS up and running at 1750z, but had to switch battery since it had been depleted by peltier cooler. O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. NOAA SEARCH - 070j shade balls reseted and tracker re-oriented towards the sun. - 071j Connected and started active eye for tracker at approximately 1410z - rechecked NIPS aligment to the sun, reseted config. realigned all sky camera (still some problem with band lagging in the morning and leading in the afternoon. - Checked direction of anemometer with GPS at approx 1700z - 073j Installed SP2's at approximately 1445z. SP2 1037 has no heater O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -28 C, 4.1 m/s, R.H. 44.9%, 993.5 mbar. Flasks sampled: 17/03/2007 (75j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5023, M5024 Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 5089, 5090 Inventory 10 flask(s), 10 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 9 box(es), 18 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 1539-99, 1540-99, 2597-99, 2598-99 Inventory 10 box(es), 10 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-67, P2-68 Inventory 6 box(es), week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5083L, 5084R Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-, P2- Inventory 6 box(es), 12 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL015 Inventory 12 flask(s), 12 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 1202-27, 693-27 Inventory 8 flask(s), 4 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT 112, TT 114,TT 100 Inventory 6 case(s), 12 week(s) COMPUTERS OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption: February: 238 L GMC (EC Rider) - 060j Truck's transmission broke down while on the way to the lab. Vehicle out of comission New Ford (No name yet. Tentative name: Red Rover) O.K. BUILDINGS O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: 14/03/07 - 1 Pallet with - 2 boxes of Scripps 5L flasks - 4 boxes of NOAA 007 Flasks - 1 box of NOAA SS flasks 16/03/07 - 1 Triwall with: - 5 boxes of Scripps 3x5 L flasks - 3 MPI flasks cases Shipping Sent: 13/03/07 - 1 Triwall with - 1 box with empty Toxics tins - 2 boxes of NOAA 007 - 2 boxes of Scripps 5 L - 1 box of NOAA ss - 1 case of U of H flasks - 1 case of Victoria flasks - 1 pelican case of Toxics filters - 1 Triwall with - 3 boxes of Justin's things - 1 case of MSC orange - 1 case of CSIRO blue - 1 box of Scripps 3x5 L - 6 small cases for radiometers - 1 case of MPI - 1 pelican case of NOAA guys tools - 1 box Japanese flasks - 1 box of NOAA SS - 1 case with denuders MAIL Mail Received: 14/03/07 - 4 boxes of Japanese flasks - 2 tubes with denuders Mail Sent: 14/03/07 - 1 box with rain sample - Weekly envelope - 4 weeks of Aethelometer filters - 1 Radon filter - 1 Hi-Vol form - 2 Toxics forms Alert Weekly News