ALERT REPORT: Week 2 Monday January 5 2008 - Sunday January 11, 2008 (5j - 11j) Completed: Sunday, January 11, 2009 Operator: Adrienne Glover Co-op Student: Graham Pope ***********Highlights of the Week*************** 7j -Graham Pope arrived in Alert -NOTE SOME TASKS WERE COMPLETED ON DIFFERENT DAYS THAN NORMAL DUE TO ABSENCE OF CO-OP STUDENT UNTIL THURSDAY(8j) ***********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. -Black Carbon Filters -Petrie dishes AEROSOL PROGRAM O.K. Aethalometer 1 O.K. PSAP Program O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. Nephelometer *10j -Valve opened to pump at 17:53 UTC -Closed since Neph span on 7j @ 0:15 UTC O.K. Black carbon filter pack O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler O.K. OLD HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 350j, 2008 8 filter(s) in inventory *7j -New lamp installed in September blew out during windstorm. Will investigate when changing sample on 12j. Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: NEW HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 15 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: Toxics Sampler *6j -New sample put on a day late due to high winds on 5j O.K. 6 PUF filters, 2 Blank(s), 6 GFF(s) 5 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 6j, 2009. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. Last blank: 343j, 2008 Last flow calibration: 315j, 2008 9 filters remaining in inventory 9 cartridges remaining in inventory GAPS Network Passive sampling program *7j -Passive sampler on South East corner of Albedo rack damaged in windstorm, sample blew away -Will try to make a make-shift bottom latch on sampler -Two new samplers being sent up, one for back-up and one to replace damaged sampler 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 -Offline Juice Jug Inlet O.K. CH4/CO2/CO GC *6j -Pump switched off 20:53-20:55 UTC for cryo-cooler trap change *9j -GC Instrument 2 Software closed @ 13:03 UTC, reopened software O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory ***Please see Inventory 2008.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email MERCURY PROGRAM *5j -Low carrier flow turned off sampling @ 19:26 UTC *6j -Argon tank switch: tank off: TC pressure off: 0 psi tank in: TCAAM183 pressure on: 2400 psi Ambient air (007): *6j -Back inlet filter change -GEM filter change -Zero inlet filter change -back sampling @ 20:47 UTC *8j -Lamp voltage reading 14.77 V -Put in idle mode 19:21-19:59 for leak test -Leak found in Back inlet filter assembly -Fittings tightened solved problem *10j -007 was set on single sampling A cartridge. Sampling corrected to continuous sampling @ 17:54 UTC O.K. Ambient air (012): SOUTH FOR SERVICING RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (040): *6j -Quartz inlet filter changed -Zero teflon filter change -Sampling resumed @ 20:49 UTC *7j -Switched off sampling mode 00:20-01:03 UTC for Cartridge burn. -Lamp voltage reading 14.8 V -Switched off sampling mode @ 12:31 UTC for RPF, Denuder and Impactor change -Heat cycle @ 12:49 UTC -Cooling cycle @ 13:19 UTC -Sampling resumed @ 13:34 UTC *8j -Put in idle mode for leak test 19:46-19:49 UTC. -No leak found O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 3 case(s), 2 tube(s): 7 denuder(s). O.K. RDMQ 2009QC for 007 complete up to 2009QC for 012 complete up to OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 2j Inventory: 8 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 2j Brewers 019: O.K. 029: *8j -New Monitor switched in O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 343j Inventory: 36 bottle(s), 73 week(s) O.K. Radon Monitor Last filter change: Day 6j, 2008 *6j -Logger stopped 21:15-23:45 UTC for filter change O.K. DOAS System ***DOAS Spectrometer Shipped South for Servicing NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -27 C, 1.1 m/s, R.H. 47%, 978.3 mbar. Flasks sampled: 08/01/2009 Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M 5029, M5030 Inventory 1 box(es), 1 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 4, 0 Inventory 24 flask(s), 24 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 3 box(es), 3 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3795-99, 3796-99, 4423-99, 4424-99 Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-93, P2-94 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5073L, 5074R Inventory 8 box(es), 8 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-436, P2-437 Inventory 8 box(es), 32 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 143, 163, 328 Inventory 1 box(es), 2 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL011 Inventory 8 flask(s), 8 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q146, 22-Q150 Inventory 16 flask(s), 8 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: 45-TT425-10QVDK, 45-TT431-10QVDK, 45-TT471-10QVDK Inventory 7 case(s), 7 week(s) French Program: 2009-25, 2041-25 Inventory 26 Flask(s), 13 week(s) COMPUTERS O.K. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, for January: 93L GMC (EC Rider) O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) *8j -Batteries in New Ford replaced due to difficulty with vehicle starting 5j and 7j O.K. BUILDINGS TX O.K. Lab *7j -Light at Hi-vol unit no longer working after windstorm. -Will investigate when doing Hi-vol filter change on 12j O.K SHIPPING: Shipping Received: 07/01/09 Tri-wall: -New Brewer Monitor -NOAA MAKS Flasks Box x 2 -Graham's UAB -FRENCH Flask Box -Scripps 3 x 5 Box -NOAA SS Flask Boxes x 3 Shipping Sent: MAIL: Mail Received: Mail Sent: 07/01/09 -Health Canada Thermoluminesence Detector (Oct -> Jan) -Health Canada Precipitation Collectors x 2 (November and December) Alert Weekly News: