ALERT REPORT: Week 12. Sunday March 18, 2007 - Saturday March 24, 2007 Prepared: Sunday March 25, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** - 068j Sunrise festival this day. A huge fire (mainly wood) was lit for the occasion at approximately 2300z and burnt for approximately 6 or 7 hours.(This will be noted in the Incinerator log report) - 071j Big garbage pile was burnt this day in the station. The winds changed coming from the north and station and fire emissions could be noticed in the air at the lab. (This will be noted in the Incinerator log report) - 077j power outages at lab and around the station at about 1900z to test different power plant sectors. APU was set to come on during these outages - 078j power outages continue this evening at lab and around the station at about 1900z to test different power plant sectors. APU was set to come on during these outages - 080j Flasking done this day. Calm day with low winds. High air traffic in the station, approximately four planes landed this day and one of them circled the station and around the lab for about an 35 mins. - 083j High winds storm this day that finally died next day in the morning. Communications with the lab server could not be established. ***********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 - 079j Impactor pump found not working. Capacitor a possibility. Spare pump is also not working properly. - 082j Replaced impactor pump at 2220z with spare pump and tested capacitor. N/A CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler O.K. Last Blank: 078j, 2006 8 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 12 PUF filters, 3 Blank(s), 18 GFF(s) 6 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 078j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler - 078j Stopped sampling filter, after one week of sampling. 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 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone TEI 49C #49C-73452-373 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #347 - Offline CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. PAN GC - 079j Reseted instrument at power switch at 1817z. Problem caused by power outages previous day. Took rail vallve and filter box down and flushed sample line and plugged back on at 1930z, placed box back on at 1942z - 080j Changed He cylinder at 1824z Tank off: QMPAN 009 Pressure off: 400 psi Tank on : QMPAN 003 Pressure on: 1930 psi - 084j One Helium tank left. O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6/CO GC - 084j 1 P-5 tank left. 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, 10 aluminum tanks - P-5: 1 aluminum tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel tank - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 1 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) - 3 Helium, 1 Argon aluminum tank, 1 C02, 1 P-5 aluminum tanks for shipping MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): - 082j offline for Argon tank change at 2220z Tank off: AES 707 Pressure off: 300 psi Tank on : AES 722 Pressure on: 2000 psi - 083j Gold cartridge replacement at 1840z. Instrument back on at 1907z. O.K. Ambient air (012): - 082j offline for Argon tank change at 2220z Tank off: AES 707 Pressure off: 300 psi Tank on : AES 722 Pressure on: 2000 psi - 083j Gold cartridge replacement at 1910z. Instrument back on at 1929z O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: - 082j offline for Argon tank change at 2220z Tank off: AES 707 Pressure off: 300 psi Tank on : AES 722 Pressure on: 2000 psi 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: 078j O.K. Inventory: 4 bottle(s), 9 week(s) Radon Monitor O.K. Last filter change: Day 064j. DOAS System - 080j Reseted instrument and DOASIS program. It stopped working for a couple of days. Restarted at 1801z. Checked battery voltage, ok. O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. NOAA SEARCH - 081j All SkyCamera stopped tracking the sun on 079j. Network communications suspected of causing the problem. Checked connections outside, reseted instrument at power switch anb restarted computer at approximately 1600z - 081j brought SkyCamera inside lab for further trouble shooting at approx. 1648z. Proceeded with different communications tests. Communication can be established by browsing IP address but mirror tracker still cannot communicate with computer. O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** - 080j Flasking done this day. Calm day with low winds. High air traffic in the station, approximately four planes landed this day and one of them circled the station and around the lab for about an 35 mins. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -31.8 C, 1.1 m/s, R.H. 32.5%, 981.7 mbar. Flasks sampled: 21/03/2007 (80j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5025, M5026 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: NA Inventory 10 flask(s), 10 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: 5372, 5423 Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3339-99, 3340-99, 3471-99, 3472-99 Inventory 9 box(es), 9 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-61, P2-62 Inventory 5 box(es), week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5157L, 5158R Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-424, P2-425 Inventory 5 box(es), 10 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 381, 138, 442 Inventory 3 box(es), 6 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL010 Inventory 11 flask(s), 11 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 565-25, 1027-27 Inventory 6 flask(s), 3 week(s) COMPUTERS - 083j High winds storm this day that finally died next day in the morning. Communications with the lab server could not be established 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: Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News This week in Alert the best co op student ever arrived, that would be me, Julie. It was under bad circumstances, but i'm still happy to be here. The fish are great, they got a good cleaning, which was desperately needed. There was a CHIMO and MONSTERS mugin this week, which went very well. I didn't leave either of them dry, but thats the fun of it. I lost in Bingo which is isn't a surprise. Saturday we had a severe blizzard which piled a ton of snow in front of the doors of the lab. Lee had some help shoveling Sunday, but i'm sure there is still lots to do..Last Wednesday there was a Show Tour, which i hear went very well, i missed it which was too bad but Lee said it was great. The Sky cam is acting up, but hopefully we can get that fixed this week. Thats it for Alert!!! Today is beautiful and sunny!