ALERT REPORT: Week 46 Monday November 7, 2011 - Sunday November 13, 2011 (311j - 317j) Completed: Monday, November 14, 2011 Operator: Matthew Kieffer Co-op Student: Adam Kabbeke ***********Highlights of the Week************** Remembrance Day Ceremony in Alert Lab Power Outage, *311j **********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. AEROSOL PROGRAM *311j Impactor valve closed 17:43 - 17:53 UTC for 1 um impactor servicing Zero Filter On 17:53 - 17:59 UTC Impactor open for testing, 20:06 - 20:15 UTC *315j Bench Zero 13:08 - 14:09 UTC O.K. Aethalometer 2(Magee Scientific) O.K. PSAP Program O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. Nephelometer *311j Span check performed @ 16:08 UTC Interupted by power outage Span check performed @ 17:11 UTC -Ave error: 27.0% Span check performed @ 18:11 UTC -Ave error: 4.87% O.K. Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor *255j Software Issues, Not opperational Scanning Mobility Partical Sizer O.K. Single Particle Soot Photometer *313j Lazer found off, computer restartedat 0:56 UTC O.K. Black carbon filter pack *311j Filter Change Off: AL111031T-56079-6 and AL111031Tef Flow: 27.0 Time: 17:13 On: AL111107T-56079-7 and AL111107Tef Flow: 27.0 Time: 17:26 O.K. CNC Counter *314j Critical Orifice Cleaning 18:00 - 21:00 UTC O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler O.K. ALERT HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 297j 31 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: O.K. LAB HI-VOL UNIT *095j, 2010 -Lab Hi-Vol filters now being counted for use with Alert Hi-Vol as sampling ceased as of 088j Last Blank: 074j, 2010 0 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: Sent out: Case # out: O.K. Toxics Sampler 46 PUF filters canisters, 12 Blank(s) canisters, 62 GFF(s) 26 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 311j. O.K. PS-1 PUF Sampler Last blank: 248j, 2011 Last flow calibration: 248j, 2011 26 filters remaining in inventory 26 cartridges remaining in inventory O.K. GAPS Network Passive sampling program O.K. FTAS *273j Unit taken down for shipment to Downsview 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 *311j Off at 15:02 - 15:20 UTC for cryo cooler coil removal Flow on = 107.3 P on = 20 On at 16:01 from power outage On at 16:59 from power outage *312j New UPS installed, off 14:28 - 15:00 UTC O.K. PICARRO *311j Flow controller at .090 Off at 14:59 to replace trap On at 15:58, flow = .140 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone TEI 49C #49C-73452-373 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Teco #347 - Offline CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. CFC 11,12,13 GC *348j, 2009 -Pump unplugged as instrument sampling was ceased at 14:29 UTC -OFFLINE CH4/CO2/CO GC *259j, 2010 -Sampling ceased, instrument offline -OFFLINE Complete Gas Tank Inventory ***Please see Inventory 2011.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email MERCURY PROGRAM Ambient air (007): Offline Ambient Air (071): *313j Idle 17:35 - 17:50 UTC for Argon Tank change O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (012): O.K. *311j The following changes were made between 16:14 and 16:45 Quartx line filter change *312j Open zero air and sample air in at 16:36 - 16:40 UTC *313j Idle 17:35 - 17:50 UTC for Argon Tank change Idle 18:33 - 18:25 UTC for Soda Lime Trap Change *314j Open Zero air out, search for blockage 13:40 - 14: 0 UTC DENUDER INVENTORY = 2 case(s), 0 tube(s): 8 denuder(s). O.K. RDMQ 2009QC for 007 complete up to 183j 2009QC for 012 complete up to 138j OTHER PROGRAMS Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 305j, 2011 Inventory: 10 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed:288j, 2011 Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. 194: OFFLINE on 244j, 2011 Permafrost O.K. BSRN Solar Radiation Program O.K. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS Bi-weekly 14C/12C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg Last Sample: 185j Inventory: 34 bottle(s), 68 week(s) O.K. Radon Monitor *292j Radon monitor sent to Downsview Last filter change: Day292j O.K. DOAS System Offline NOAA SEARCH *294j SkyCam inside for Dark Season O.K. NOAA ETL OFFLINE Sampling Conditions: -24 C, 1.2 m/s, R.H. 48%, 993.4 mbar. Flasks sampled: 09/11/2011 (313j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5038, 5037 Inventory 28 box(es), 28 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: 6950, 5424 Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 1586-99, 6035-99 Inventory 8 box(es), 8 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-105, P2-106 Inventory 6 box(es), 12 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5137L, 5138R Inventory 8 box(es), 8 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-400, P2-401 Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 511, 502, 194 Inventory 18 box(es), 36 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL009 Inventory 9 flask(s), 9 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: Ut-Q16, Ut-Q30 Inventory 84 flask(s), 42 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT-056, TT-227, TT-225 Inventory 6 case(s), 6 week(s) Max Planck Institute - 13CH4: TT-637 Inventory 19 case(s), 19 week(s) French Program: 3233-25, 2105-25 Inventory 20 Flask(s), 10 week(s) COMPUTERS O.K. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, for November: 172 L GMC (EC Rider) *250j In storage for winter O.K. 2006 Ford (Red Rover) O.K. 2009 Ford (Brown Betty) O.K. 2011 Ford (Big Red) *277j In storage for winter O.K. BUILDINGS TX O.K. Lab *311j Power Outage 15:38 - 15:40 16:30 - 16:45 19:08 - 19:10 O.K. SHIPPING: Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: Mail Sent: