ALERT REPORT: Week 41. Monday October 6, 2008 - Sunday October 12, 2008 (280j - 286j) Completed: Monday, October 13, 2008 Operator: Adrienne Glover Co-op Student: Josh Benmergui ***********Highlights of the Week*************** *281j -Generator running at TX site 14:25 - 18:00 UTC for Generator run test *284j -Truck in @ lab 17:20-17:42 UTC *286j -Alert Sunset Bonfire at Station beginning @ 23:00 UTC *276j - 287j -Patrick Lee(Mercury Program) and Ormanda Niebergall(BSRN, Bratt's Lake) in Alert performing equipment maintenance ***********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 *282j -Aerosol digi, valve digi and nephelometer restrated @ 1452 to try and solve comms problem ***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 7 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: Toxics Sampler *284j -Toxics sampler turned off 16:54 -17:58 UTC while truck @ lab 4 PUF filters, 2 Blank(s), 6 GFF(s) 2 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 259j, 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 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 *273j -NEED 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 *282j -CFC ambient pump found off, due to power outage, @ 16:17 UTC -Restarted @ 1627 UTC *284j -CFC Ambient pump turned off 15:39-15:41 UTC for line trap removal 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 *276-284j -PATRICK LEE SERVICING EQUIPMENT *280j -Mercury Quartz inlet filter change @ 1740 UTC *284j -Mercury 040 put on zero air 16:54 -17:58 UTC for truck drive into lab Ambient air (007): **** -Offline: Shipped south for replacement of lamp circuit board Ambient air (012): O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (040): 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: *283j -Collar on Brewer shaft loosened to allign drive plate reference flag in correct location. *284j -Sighting performed to get Brewer in allignment with Brewer 019 O.K. Waiting to do moon sighting, to further correct allignment INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 273j Inventory: 42 bottle(s), 84 week(s) O.K. Radon Monitor Last filter change: Day 278j, 2008 O.K. DOAS System *282j -Followed power up and power down instructions given by Stoyka @ 18:36 UTC -Shut off and disconnected cables between instruments -Spectrometer not recognized by computer so computer was restarted @ 18:51 UTC ***PANEL TEMPERATURE SENSOR PROBLEM YET TO BE RESOLVED NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -3.4 C, 17.6 m/s, R.H. 78.2%, 966.7 mbar. Flasks sampled: 08/10/2008 (282j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5015, M5016 Inventory 10 box(es), 10 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: NA Inventory flask(s), week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory box(es), week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 2343-99, 2344-99, 3239-99, 3240-99 Inventory 9 box(es), 9 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-63, P2-64 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5083L, 5084R Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-, P2- Inventory 3 box(es), 12 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 1 box(es), 2 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL012 Inventory 5 flask(s), 5 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q157, 22-Q160 Inventory 44 flask(s), 22 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: 0, 0, 0 Inventory 6 case(s), 6 week(s) French Program: 2060-25, 2066-25 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: 85 L GMC (EC Rider) O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) *283j -Oil Change performed on New Ford Truck O.K. BUILDINGS TX O.K. Lab O.K SHIPPING: **PLANE FOR WEEK DELAYED IN IQALUIT DUE TO BROKEN WINDSHIELD and did not arrive in week 41 Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News: -SUNSET Carnival and Polar Roll October 12, 2008 -Live band 'Frosty and the Snowflakes' played in Alert October 12, 2008 -Relay to the North Pole October 12, 2008 -The sun sets October 14, 2008