ALERT REPORT: Week 40. Monday September 29, 2008 - Sunday October 5, 2008 (266j - 272j) Completed: Monday, October 6, 2008 Operator: Adrienne Glover Co-op Student: Josh Benmergui ***********Highlights of the Week*************** *273j -Back up generator power test for GAW lab ~13:00 - 17:42 UTC. Lab on generator power for this period *274j -Truck in at lab 17:16 - 1734 UTC *276j -Andrew Platt departed Alert -Ormanada Niebergall and Patrick Lee arrived to work on NOAA radiation instruments and Tekran Mercury Instruments respectively *279j -Vehicle running at transmitter site 18:45 - 19:05 due to battery recharge after lights left on ***********Highlights of the Week*************** THINGS WE NEED: *The items will be left on the list until they are physically received in Alert* Please note: Inventories are current as of the week the report is written unless stated otherwise. - CAPMON OZONE FILTERS AEROSOL PROGRAM *277j -Aerosol computer restarted @ 15:17 UTC due to Nephelometer comms error *277j -Comms on Aerosol computer are down. No Neph data readings *279j -Aerosol computer restarted @ 15:40 UTC after CPD program not loading ***COMMS PROBLEM NOT RESOLVED Aethalometer 1 O.K. PSAP Program O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler U of C Hi-Vol Sampling in Process O.K. Nephelometer O.K. Black carbon filter pack O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler O.K. Last Blank: 273j, 2008 8 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: Toxics Sampler *274j -Toxics turned off from 17:13 - 17:57 UTC while truck at lab 5 PUF filters, 1 Blank(s), 7 GFF(s) 3 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 203j, 2008. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. Last blank: 238j, 2008 Last flow calibration: 238j, 2008 6 filters remaining in inventory 6 cartridges remaining in inventory GAPS Network Passive sampling program *278j -GAPS sample period 3 completed -GAPS sample period 4 completed 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 *273 -NEED MORE FILTERS O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #347 - Offline CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. PAN GC -Offline, due to lack of He Juice Jug Inlet O.K. CH4/CO2/CO GC *275j -CFC ambient pump turned off 17:33 - 18:04 UTC for line moisture trap installation -GC cryo-cooler pump turned off 17:38 - ~17:45 for trap change O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory *227j -Last reliable Inventory Aug. 14th, 2008 Pump Room (Storage) - Nitrogen: 1 steel tank - Argon: 3 aluminum tanks, 11 steel tanks - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel tank - Hydrogen: 2 empty steel tanks - CO2: 1 steel tank - NDIR: 4 CO2 aluminum tanks Pump Room (in use or connected as spares) - Nitrogen: 1 steel tank (spare) - Ultra Zero Air: 1 steel (spare) - Zero Air: 1 steel tank (spare) - Hydrogen: 1 steel tank - Argon: 1 aluminum tank - CO2: 1 steel tank - 1 CFC WH aluminum tank - 1 6890 WH aluminum tank - 1 6890 T aluminum tank Old Lab (PAN GC Tanks) - Zero Air: 2 steel tanks (spares) - Nitrogen: 2 steel tanks (spares) - He: 1 light blue steel tank (~2400 psi) Red Storage Shed - Hydrogen: 4 steel tanks (one has cap stuck) - Zero Air: 4 steel tanks Lab Vestibule - 1 Argon aluminum tank (empty) Office (loading dock, for shipping or disposal) - 4 aluminum Argon tanks - 1 aluminum compressed air - 1600psi for Greg? - 1 steel tank of Helium for party balloons! - 1 CO2/air primary standard aluminum tank (empty) - 4 CO2/air primary standard aluminum tanks (empty & on pallet) Office Shed - 1 steel Hydrogen tank (empty) - 4 aluminum tanks (empty) - 5 steel Argon tanks (full) MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): **** -Offline: Shipped south for replacement of lamp circuit board Ambient air (012): O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (040): *273j -Mercury 040 paused @ 1634 UTC for the following changes: -denuder, impactor frit, zero inlet filter, sample filter and RPF changes -Heat cyle on @ 17:29 UTC -Cooling cycle on @ 17:53 UTC -Data acquisition resumed @ 1810 UTC *274j -Mercury 040 on zero air 17:13 - 17:57 UTC while truck @ lab O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 0 case(s), 3 tube(s): 3 denuder(s). O.K. RDMQ 2007QC for 007 and 012 complete up to 175j, 2008 OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 278j Inventory: 5 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 278j Brewers 019: O.K. 029: ***BREWER 90 degrees off of required position but still running program AL1MK2 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 273j Inventory: 43 bottle(s), 86 week(s) O.K. Radon Monitor Last filter change: Day 278j, 2008 *277j -Radon data logger turned on after pump turned back on @ 19:45 UTC. O.K. DOAS System *277j -Panel temperature reading zero flat-line instead of -12 Celcius -Power cord on DOAS RS On Control Unit found disconnected @ 15:25 UTC -DOAS Panel temperature reading -12 Celcius auto-acquisition resumed @ 1941 UTC *278j -Performed calibration sequence -Mercury Spectra results were off of the usual range. Required an integration time of 10000 msec to obtain max value of 52000. -DOAS panel temperature reading flat-lined at zero again ***NOT WORKING, MERCURY SPECTRA OFF AND PANEL TEMPERATURE SENSOR NOT WORKING NOAA SEARCH *267j -Sky Cam computer found off @ 1531 UTC and restarted ***NIP 1 sent South for glass window repair O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -10.5 C, 13.2 m/s, R.H. 65.2%, 997.9 mbar. Flasks sampled: 01/10/2008 Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5033, M5034 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 5031, 5032 Inventory 28 flask(s), 28 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory box(es), week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3113-99, 3114-99, 3253-99, 3254-99 Inventory 4 box(es), 4 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-61, P2-62 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5159L, 5160R Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-430, P2-431 Inventory 3 box(es), 12 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 390, 511, 491 Inventory 1 box(es), 2 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL006 Inventory 5 flask(s), 5 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q148, 22-Q156 Inventory 44 flask(s), 22 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT 039, TT 143, TT 335 Inventory 4 case(s), 4 week(s) French Program: 2036, 2043 Inventory 26 Flask(s), 13 week(s) COMPUTERS O.K. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, for August: ~75 L Fuel Consumption, for September: 255 L Fuel Consumption, for October GMC (EC Rider) O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) O.K. BUILDINGS TX *279j APU power reading: 9777.0 kwh O.K. Lab *273j Lab power reading 77341 kwh O.K SHIPPING: Shipping Received: 02/10/2008 Tri-wall #1 ***NOTE ENTIRE CONTENTS WAS NOT WRITTEN DOWN ON ARRIVAL AND BROUGHT TO LAB BEFORE WRITTEN DOWN THIS IS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT WAS IN THE TRI-WALL -NOAA SS -MPI FLASKS X 3 -NOAA MAKS x 5 -Scripps 5L x 3 Shipping Sent: 29/09/2008 Tri-wall #1 from week 39 was shipped this week Tri-wall # 2 -NOAA SS (5158L, 5157R) -MSC Orange (73 -> 76) -Scripps 5L (M5005, M5006) -Japanese (1269, 5484) -NOAA MAKS (3703, 3704, 751-99, 752-99) -VOC (21/08/2008 -> 24/09/2008) -Scripps 3 x 5 (134, 307, 232) -MPI (J091, J321, un-numbered flask) -RPF case containing two broken RPFS for repair -Empty purple flask case -CCMR boxes x 2 -Toxics PUF Canisters x 8 -MPI unsampled case: leaking sampling unit and damaged flask inlets MAIL Mail Received: 02/10/2008 -Denuders x 3 -Anemometer blades x 3 -Permafrost Switch Box -Letter from University of Heidelburg -FTAs filters and new data logger Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News: