ALERT REPORT: Week 26. Monday June 25, 2007 - Saturday June 30, 2007 Prepared: Sunday July 1, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** - 177j APU generator running - 179j Christian arrives to Alert - 181j Truck at lab to unload cargo from 1930z to 2045z. Mercury placed on zero air and Toxics turned off. ***********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. - Complete Burn Kit and First Aid Kit - PSAP casing o-rings 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 O.K. Nephelometer O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler. O.K. Last Blank: 137j, 2006 1 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler - 181j Turned sampler off from 1915z to 2053z because of truck at lab. Refer to sampling log form for info as well. Pressure off: 18.5 Pressure on: 18.5 O.K. 10 PUF filters, 3 Blank(s), 14 GFF(s) 5 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 141j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. 7 filters remaining in inventory GAPS Network Passive sampling program 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 - 178j Power blip previous day causes instrument to fault. Reseted at 1255z. O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6/CO GC O.K. CFC 11, 12, 13 GC O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory - current as of 152j, 2007 Pump Room (Storage) - Nitrogen: 2 steel tanks - Argon: 8 Steel tanks, 4 aluminum tanks - P-5: 1 aluminum tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel tank - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 4 aluminum tanks - CO2 tanks: 2 Steel tanks, 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 aluminum(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 in use - 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) - 1 C02 steel tank for Neph. - 2 empty argon for shipping to Downsview - 1 Nitrogen steel tank being used by the birdman and his crew MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): - 178j Placed instrument on idle mode from 1305z to 1308z to reconnect sample line directly to back of instrument and shut off 012. - 180j Argon tank change - 181j sample flow pump fails. Instrument turned off at 2050z - 182j Inspected failing pump and found worn bearings, probably. Changed pump and sample filter. Placed instrument on sampling mode at 2030z Leak tested O.K. Ambient air (012): - 178j turned instrument off. OFF. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A 040: - 180j Forgot to place instrument on idle mode during Argon tank change. Instrument warned of low carrier flow. Placed back on sampling mode at 1750z. - 181j Instrument placed on zero air because of truck at lab from 1914z to 2052z - 182j Placed instrument on idle mode at 1950z to change sample filter. Back on at 2030z Leak Tested O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 3 cases: 3 denuder. O.K. RDMQ 2007QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 160j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 124j Inventory: 6 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 092j, 2007. Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg - Back to 2 week samples Last Sample: 176j O.K. Inventory: 4 bottle(s), 9 week(s) Radon Monitor - 178j "Check range error" crashes program, possibly because of power outage the previous day. Reseted instrument and computer at 1258z. O.K. Last filter change: Day 092j. DOAS System O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: 2.5 C, 1.8 m/s, R.H. 86.7%, 996.2 mbar. Flasks sampled: 29/06/2007 (180j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5015, M5016 Inventory 3 box(es), 3 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: NA Inventory 2 flask(s), 2 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: 1276, H1033 Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3427-99, 3428-99, 2389-99, 2390-99 Inventory 11 box(es), 11 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-97, P2-98 Inventory 5 box(es), week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5159L, 5160R Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-438, P2-439 Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 0.361, 280, 460 Inventory 1 box(es), 2 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL021 Inventory 15 flask(s), 15 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q92, 22-Q118 Inventory 36 flask(s), 18 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT 360, TT 367, TT 372 Inventory 11 case(s), 22 week(s) French Program: 2038-25, 2066-25 Inventory 26 Flask(s), 13 week(s) COMPUTERS OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption: June: 368 L GMC (EC Rider) O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) O.K. BUILDINGS O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: 281/06/07 - 1 Triwall with - 5 boxes of SCRIPPS 5L flasks - 1 box of NOAA SS flasks - 2 boxes of SCRIPPS 3x5 L - 1 case of Hi-Vol filters - Passive air sampler and mast 26/06/07 - 6 boxes of ethanol containers 27/06/07 - Box of PUF filters for GAPS Network Shipping Sent: 26/06/07 - 1 Triwall with: - NDIR pump - Toxics filter case - 2 SCRIPPS 3x5 L - 1 SCRIPPS 5 L - 1 NOAA SS - 2 NOAA 007 - 1 MSC Orange - 1 Hi-Vol case MAIL Mail Received: Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News