ALERT REPORT: Week 36. Sunday September 2, 2007 - Sunay September 9, 2007 Prepared: Saturday September 8, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** ***********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 O.K. PSAP Program O.K. Nephelometer *249j - Turned off and disconnected nephelometer @ 1916z to install new lamp, back on @ 1948z. - Two spans were performed after the lamp change with errors of 19.40 and 9.12 respectively *250j - Attempted neph. span @ 1355z, computer displayed message "unable to fork: Cannot allocate memory". Computer was also not sending notifications to Toronto as of ~247j. The aerosols laptop was restarted @ 1357z. Another neph. span was then performed with a result of 3.37% error. O.K. Black carbon filter pack O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler. O.K. Last Blank: 246j, 2007 3 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 12 PUF filters, 4 Blank(s), 17 GFF(s) 6 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 225j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. Last Blank: 197j, 2007 10 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 O.K. CH4/CO2/N2O/SF6/CO GC O.K. CFC 11, 12, 13 GC O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory - last full update: 237j, 2007 Pump Room (Storage) - Nitrogen: 2 steel tanks - Argon: 8 Steel tanks, 1 aluminum tanks - P-5: 1 aluminum tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 0 - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 1 aluminum tanks - CO2 tanks: 1 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 - 4 Zero Air steel tanks Office (loading dock, for shipping or disposal) - 2 Steel tanks for disposal or shipping (1 Zero Air, 1 He) - 1 CO2 steel tank for Neph. - 1 Nitrogen steel tank being used by the birdman and his crew - 2 empty argon, 1 P-5 and 1 He for shipping to Downsview - 6 argon (full) to bring to lab MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): OFF. (malfunctioning pump, cause unknown: mass flow controller, flow restriction?) Ambient air (012): *245j - SN012 placed in idle mode @1917z for the following changes: - sample inlet filter - outdoor zero air filter - outdoor GEM sample inlet - lamp voltage: 11.47 V - Argon tank change: tank off: AES706 pres off: 200 psi tank on: AES708 pres on: 1000 psi - instrument back on continuous sample @ 1810z O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (040): *245j - SN040 placed in idle mode @1917z for the following changes: - 040 sample inlter filter - 1130 quartz filter - lamp votage: 14.76 (LED lamp light on) - instrument back on continuous sample @ 1810z *248j - lamp voltage was found to be high at last check, double checked and discovered to be 14.76 V (light indicator LED was also lit up). Voltage was reduced to 9.06 V @ 1601z. Instrument was then set to perfrom a full calibration @ 1603z. Offset was not adjusted. Instrument was set back on continuous sampling @ 1651z. O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 3 case(s), 2 tube(s): 7 denuder. O.K. RDMQ 2007QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 206j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 248j Inventory: 10 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 183j Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg *248j - One of the wheels holding the NaOH sampling unit in place was crooked and was replaced with a new one. The sampling flask rotation was interrumpted from 1648z to ~ 1710z while the wheel was replaced. Last Sample: 246j O.K. Inventory: 29 bottle(s), 58 week(s) Radon Monitor *246j - Radon graph looks odd, instrument stopped, initialized, set to log, and started @ 1210z *248j - "Range check" error message found on Radwin, clicked "OK" @ 1440z. Instrument did not resume sampling afterwards. Instrument and software were restarted several time yet "Range check" error occured on every attempt to "intialize". Last filter change: Day 246j Software having problems. DOAS System Offline. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** *Pump for PRL-VOC flasks is malfunctioning, no flasking being performed. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -4.7 C, 0.5 m/s, R.H. 89.3%, 988 mbar. Flasks sampled: 05/09/2007 (249j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5035, M5036 Inventory 2 box(es), 2 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: NA Inventory flask(s), week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: 5375, Y1815 Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 4297-99, 4298-99, 6701-99, 6702-99 Inventory 4 box(es), 4 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-65, P2-66 Inventory 2 box(es), 5 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 4037L, 4050R Inventory 2 box(es), 2 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-416, P2-417 Inventory 1 box(es), 4 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 130, 189, 518 Inventory 1 box(es), 2 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL Inventory 18 flask(s), 18 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q152, 22-Q153 Inventory 70 flask(s), 35 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT133, TT134,TT150 Inventory 8 case(s), 16 week(s) French Program: 598-25, E876-25 Inventory 32 Flask(s), 16 week(s) COMPUTERS OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, August: 90 L GMC (EC Rider) - Mattracks in desperate need to be fixed. Mechanic warned that as him being liable wont install them until tracks refurbished. - Front Left Wheel bearings need to be replaced as soon as possible. Front right need also to be replaced but not as urgent. O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) - Mattracks in desperate need to be fixed. Mechanic warned that as him being liable wont install them until tracks refurbished. O.K. BUILDINGS O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News