ALERT REPORT: Week 19. Sunday May 06, 2007 - Saturday May 12, 2007 Prepared: Sunday May 13, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** - 128j Inside sea container burn for fire training in the station from 1330z to 1430z - 128j Snow mobiles in SST and near Hi-Vol samplers for OOTI test. Stopped Hi-Vols Igloolik and Alert from 1500z to approx. 2100z ***********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 - Set of jumper cables - Stirr oil for NaOH motor and hollow glass shaft. - masking tape, duct tape, sissors, packing tape. - Complete Burn Kit and First Aid Kit - P-5 Gas - Radon Filters Please note: Inventories are current as of the date the report is written unless stated otherwise. AEROSOL PROGRAM Aethalometer 1 Last blank on day 127j, 2007. O.K. PSAP Program - 127j Restarted 1 wavelength and 3 wavelength instruments at 2007z O.K. Nephelometer - 127j Took cover off instrument and checked several test points for voltages, currents and resistances. Replaced lamp. Instrument did not start. - 129j switched serial ports on Edgeport between CPC and Nephelometer. Checked test points from power supply on instrument and tried to adjust microprocessor and RAM memory chip connections. Working well and performed a CO2 span check. O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler. - 128j Stopped sampler due to snowmobiles in SST and close to sampler from 1500z to 2100z O.K. Last Blank: 078j, 2006 5 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 5 PUF filters, 2 Blank(s), 8 GFF(s) 2 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 113j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. 7 filters remaining in inventory GAPS Network Passive sampling program - Incinerator filter blown away. Empty filter found on day 119j O.K. 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 O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6/CO GC O.K. CFC 11, 12, 13 GCge - 128j Changed 6 port valve and actuator. Finished at 1850z but not working properly - 130j Arranged ports on new valve. Instrument working well at 1430z O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory - current as of 085j, 2007 Pump Room (Storage) - Nitrogen: 3 steel tanks - Argon: 8 Steel tanks, 7 aluminum tanks - P-5: 0 aluminum tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel tank - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 3 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 aluminum, 1 P-5 aluminum and 3 Argon aluminum empty to be shipped MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): O.K. Ambient air (012): OFF. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: - 131j Reseted control unit. It had crashed and instrument on zero air since the previous day at 2020z. O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 3 cases: 5 denuder. O.K. RDMQ 2007QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 090j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 124j Inventory: 6 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 092j, 2007. Brewers 019: - 128j performed maintenance. (Drive plate clean, dessicant change, steps per revolution) - 129j performed sun sighting O.K. 029: - 128j performed maintenance. (Drive plate clean, dessicant change, steps per revolution) - 129j performed sun sighting O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg - Continuously sampling each bottle for a month. Last Sample: 106j O.K. Inventory: 2 bottle(s), 2.5 month(s) Radon Monitor - 127j Check Range Error froze computer. Reseted instrument and computer at 0229z O.K. Last filter change: Day 092j. DOAS System O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. NOAA SEARCH - 130j Adjusted sun alignment on NIPs and SP2s and adjusted shadeballs. from 1500z to 1520z O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -13.8 C, 1.9 m/s, R.H. 71.3%, 988.4 mbar. Flasks sampled: 09/05/2007 (129j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5001, M5002 Inventory 5 box(es), 5 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 5095, 0 Inventory 6 flask(s), 6 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3407-99, 3408-99, 35-99, 36-99 Inventory 8 box(es), 8 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-59, P2-60 Inventory 4 box(es), week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5061L, 5062R Inventory 5 box(es), 5 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-, P2- Inventory 5 box(es), 10 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL018 Inventory 10 flask(s), 10 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q68, 22-Q69 Inventory 0 flask(s), 0 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: 0, 0,0 Inventory 9 case(s), 18 week(s) French Program: 683-27, 750-27 Inventory 11 Flask(s), 5.5 week(s) COMPUTERS OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption: April: 361 L GMC (EC Rider) O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) - 130j Replaced stabilizer arm bolt on front track passanger side O.K. BUILDINGS O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: 11/05/07 - One pallet with: - 2 MPI cases - 3 NOAA SS boxes - 1 MSC orange case - 1 CSIRO blue case Shipping Sent: 11/05/07 - 2 crates containing 3 small steel cylinders each for NDIR calibration - 2 Pallets containing in total 9 cases of OOTI instruments MAIL Mail Received: 10/05/07 - Cooler with PS-1 cartridges Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News