ALERT REPORT: Week 21 Monday May 25, 2009 - Sunday May 31, 2009 (145j - 151j) Completed: Sunday, May 31, 2009 Operator: Adrienne Glover Co-op Student: Laura Wadsworth ***********Highlights of the Week*************** *147j -Environment Canada planning team visited Alert and had tour of the GAW lab, Hydrogen Building and Station Offices ***********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. -Batteries for UPS units AEROSOL PROGRAM *145j -Blowers switched off 18:13-18:26 UTC for impactor system leak test -Zero filter on 18:16-18:20 UTC -Valve switched to impactors 18:17-18:118 UTC -Leak test reading: 0.65 pt/cm3 O.K. Aethalometer 1 O.K. PSAP Program O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. Nephelometer O.K. Black carbon filter pack O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler O.K. OLD HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 131j, 2009 11 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: O.K. NEW HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 145j, 2009 13 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: O.K. Toxics Sampler 11 PUF filters, 4 Blank(s), 14 GFF(s) 6 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 121j, 2009. O.K. PS-1 PUF Sampler O.K. Last blank: 131j, 2009 Last flow calibration: 131j, 2009 8 filters remaining in inventory 8 cartridges remaining in inventory GAPS Network Passive sampling program O.K. MET PROGRAM O.K 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 *145j -CFC ambient pump off 15:01-15:05 UTC for lime trap switch in *148j -Instrument 1 flame found out at 15:44 UTC -Problem with Aux 3 flow. Compressor foudn off -Flame relit and sequence ran at 15:59 UTC *149j -Instrument 1 flame relit and sequence ran at 12:49 UTC *150j -Instrument 1 flame found out at 12:40 UTC -Flame relit and sequence ran at 16:37 UTC O.K. Complete Gas Tank Inventory ***Please see Inventory 2009.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): *145j -007 lamp voltage check: 10.42 V *145j -012 put in idle mode 19:29-20:18 UTC -to attempt standard injections on zero air -no useful injections made *146j -007 normal data acquisition disrupted 12:57-17:28 UTC -Switched ambient line to zero air -Put in continuous run mode with zero air at 13:06 UTC -Injected 5.0 uL at 15.077 C -Zero test at 14:29 UTC(allowed zero air to flow through without injection) -Septa replaced due to high zero reading -Leak tested from zero filter to instrument: 0.0 lpm *149j -Full calibration ran at 15:43 UTC due to syringe inject during zero cycle of auto-cal -Continuous sampling ran at 16:11 UTC -Injections of 86.840 pg of Hg made on normal sampling 16:45-18:30 UTC O.K. Ambient air (012): *145j -012 paused at 15:38-15:39 UTC for the following -time change +35 s *145j -012 put in idle mode 19:36-20:33 UTC -to attempt standard injections on zero air -no useful injections made *146j -007 normal data acquisition disrupted 12:57-19:35 UTC -Switched ambient line to zero air -Put in continuous run mode with zero air at 13:11 UTC -Injected 5.0 uL at 15.077 C -Continuous run pasued at 13:47 UTC -low volume caused by running 007 and 012 simultaneously on zero air -Performed injections of 5.0uL at 15.082 C -Instrument sampling room air at 18:40 UTC to test cause of low flow rate -Switched sample inlet filter from Teflon to Quartz (due to low volume) -Full calibartion cycle ran at 19:07 UTC *149j -Injections of 86.840 ng of Hg made on top of normal sampling 15:36-15:58 UTC O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (040): *145j -2537a unit continuous sampling paused 16:46-18:45 UTC for the following changes -Denuder PL 200 -RPF -Impactor Frit -Lime trap -Quartz sample filter -Teflon zero filter -Time change -5s -Leak test reading: 0.02 lpm -Heat cycle 17:37-18:28 UTC -Cooling cycle 18:28-18:43 UTC *147j -1130 pump turned off at 15:02-15:19 UTC to inspect the diagphram -new pump diagphram installed O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 0 case(s), 5 tube(s): 5 denuder(s). O.K. RDMQ 2009QC for 007 complete up to 85j 2009QC for 012 complete up to 122j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 121j Inventory: 5 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 92j Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 131j Inventory: 18 bottle(s), 37 week(s) *147j -Air switched off at 18:09 UTC due to problem with rotator motor -End was capped *148j -Air switched on at 13:12 UTC and end uncapped. VV60 Motor working O.K. Radon Monitor Last filter change: Day 112j, 2009 O.K. DOAS System *146j -Instruments powered down and back up. -Hoffman device was not being recognized -Software closed at 13:51 UTC and computer shut down -Spectrometer and Hoffman switched off -Hoffman device opened and pictures were taken for Stoyka -Computer restarted at 15:06 UTC -Auto acquisition resumed at 15:23 UTC *147j -Computer restarted at 15:34 UTC due to temperature plots with no response -Auto-acquistion resumed 15:39 UTC *150j -DOAS software found closed at 12:39 UTC. Temperatures from Hoffman unit not recognized -Could not fix problem remotely. -Powered down and up components at lab -Auto-acquistion resumed at 16:57 UTC O.K. NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. ***************FLASKING REPORT************** Sampling Conditions: -1.9 C, 1.5 m/s, R.H. 75.6%, 978.9 mbar. Flasks sampled: 29/05/2009 Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5039, M5040 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) MSC Ocean Chemistry (Victoria), I.O.S.: 16, 0 Inventory 12 flask(s), 12 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 5 box(es), 5 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 691-99, 692-99, 3177-99, 3178-99 Inventory 7 box(es), 7 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-87, P2-88 Inventory 6 box(es), 6 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5051L, 5052R Inventory 9 box(es), 9 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-434, P2-435 Inventory 5 box(es), 20 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 214, 515, 217 Inventory box(es), 0 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL016 Inventory 8 flask(s), 8 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q43, 22-Q60 Inventory 4 flask(s), 2 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT0220, TT, J1292 Inventory 8 case(s), 8 week(s) French Program: 2122-25, 2124-25 Inventory 8 Flask(s), 4 week(s) COMPUTERS O.K. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, for May: 331.5 L GMC (EC Rider) *148j -Link on passenger side back track broken. -Mechanics to switch off tracks for wheels, so will not get reparied this season O.K. New Ford (Red Rover) O.K. BUILDINGS TX O.K. Lab O.K SHIPPING: Shipping Received: May 29, 2009 Triwall: -Ziploc bags x 2 -ETL Sonics USB x 1 -A.P. Book x 1 -NOAA SS x 3 -MSC Orange x 2 -NOAA 007 x 2 -PRL FLASKS x 1 -MPI FLASKS x 1 -Scripps 3 x 5 x1 Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: May 27, 2009 -Denuders x 5 -Japanese Flasks x 2 Mail Sent: Alert Weekly News: