ALERT REPORT: Week 41. Monday October 8, 2007 - Sunday October 14, 2007 (281j - 287j) Prepared: Sunday October 14, 2007 ***********Highlights of the Week*************** *Power line to lab (from base) has lost a phase. APU being used to supply power to lab. ***********Highlights of the Week*************** THINGS WE NEED: *The items will be left on the list until they are physically received in Alert.* - Petrie dishes - 0.3 Amp mini fuses for Radon instruments - 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 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 O.K. Black carbon filter pack O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler. O.K. Last Blank: 274j, 2007 7 filter(s) in inventory Toxics Sampler O.K. 7 PUF filters, 2 Blank(s), 10 GFF(s) 4 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 281j, 2007. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. Last Blank: 267j, 2007 6 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 (truly reliable) update: 237j, 2007 Pump Room (Storage) - Nitrogen: 2 steel tanks - Argon: 8 Steel tanks, 6 aluminum tanks - P-5: 0 - Ultra Zero Air: 0 - Hydrogen: 2 steel tanks - He: 1 steel tank, 3 aluminum tanks - CO2 tanks: 1 Steel tanks, 1 aluminum for Neph., 1 CO2 aluminum tank for NDIR - HeXe: 0 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 large (light blue) 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 MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): OFF, being shipped to Downsview. (malfunctioning pump, cause unknown: mass flow controller, flow restriction?) Ambient air (012): O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (040): *281j - 040 placed in idle mode @ 1536z for the following changes: - soda lime trap - quartz filter - instrument back on continous sampling @ 1555z O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 1 case(s), 4 tube(s): 6 denuder. O.K. RDMQ 2007QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 253j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 274j Inventory: 7 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 284j Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 274j O.K. Inventory: 27 bottle(s), 54 week(s) Radon Monitor *requires 0.3 amp mini fuse *will be doing leak and "pump off" flow checks every two weeks Last filter change: Day 274j O.K. DOAS System *awaiting new software/drivers Offline. IGLOOLIK Sampler *currently being used for U of Calgary size segregated particle sampling O.K. NOAA SEARCH *285j - All can cam setup in server room and hooked into D-link next to computer. Had to re-input IPs for camera and tracker to establish connection with computer. lat/long adjusted (from 82.45N to 42.45N) a for winter indoor images on both TSI setup for camera and tracker @ 1355z. *SP02s have been removed and are being shipped South *PIR heaters were experiencing problem, possible bad connection *sensor alignment off late in day, appears entire 2AP tracker requires adjusting NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** *received crate full of Victoria flasks *PRL pump seems to be working, sampling resumed ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -15.7 C, 1.8 m/s, R.H. 71.8%, 995.3 mbar. Flasks sampled: 10/10/2007 (283j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5003, M5004 Inventory 1 box(es), 1 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 5139, 5140 Inventory flask(s), week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 2 box(es), 4 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 6871-66, 6872-66, 2727-99, 2728-99 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-83, P2-84 Inventory 2 box(es), 5 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5083L, 5084R Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-, P2- Inventory 0 box(es), 0 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 0 box(es), 0 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL014 Inventory 14 flask(s), 14 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q100, 22-Q101 Inventory 60 flask(s), 30 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: J, J, J Inventory 10 case(s), 20 week(s) French Program: 2240-25, 2072-25 Inventory 22 Flask(s), 11 week(s) COMPUTERS OK. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, September: 80 L GMC (EC Rider) *Mattracks in desperate need to be fixed. Mechanic warned that as him being liable wont install them until tracks refurbished. *New front wheel bearings have arrived in Alert and need to be installed. *Back wheels require 4 new studs each. Have not yet arrived in Alert. O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) *Mechanics currently working to put together serviceable set of Mattracks. O.K. BUILDINGS *power line to TX (from base) has lost a phase. APU in use. O.K. SHIPPING Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: 09/10/07 *T/W 1: - Scripps 3x5 flasks - NOAA SS flasks - CSIRO blue flasks - MSC Orange flasks - Hi-Vol filter case - Heidelberg flasks - Japanese flasks - NOAA 007 flasks *T/W 2: - Scripps 3x5 flasks - NOAA SS flasks (x2) - Scripps 5L flasks - NOAA 007 flasks - MPI flasks (unsampled, were shipped up here accidently) - Tekran 007 *T/W 3: - Broken Aethalometer - Broken 1100 Zero Air Gen pump - Sled - Sleeping Bag - Scripps 5L flasks - NOAA 007 flasks(x2) - MSC Orange flasks - Hi-Vol filter case - Toxics case - MPI flasks (TT107, TT109, TT111) - NOAA SS (5051, 5052) - Japanese flasks (4929, H1233) - Denuders - Dead batteries from AER datalogger - Valve laptop - Mailbag with: - CDs for Lee - 1 lambda PSAP filter: 260PS263, 263PS267, 267PS270, 270PS271, 271PS274 - 3 lambda PSAP filter: 260PS263, 263PS267, 267PS270, 270PS271, 271PS274 - Aethalometer filers: A10738S, A10738SB, A10739S, A10739SB - Radon filter (for September) MAIL Mail Received: 11/10/07 *pump from Stoyka *Juice jug inlet *Wheel studs *Health Canada TLD Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News