ALERT REPORT: Week 51 Monday December 12, 2011 - Sunday December 18, 2011 (346j - 352j) Completed: Monday, December 19, 2011 Operator: Matthew Kieffer Co-op Student: Adam Kabbeke ***********Highlights of the Week************** **********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 *346j Impactor valve closed 14:47 - 14:56 UTC for 1 um impactor servicing Zero Air 14:56 - 15:00 UTC *350j Bench Zero 13:55 - 14:55 UTC O.K. Aethalometer 2(Magee Scientific) O.K. PSAP Program O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. Nephelometer 346*j Span check performed @ 15:10 UTC -Ave error: 3.25% O.K. Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor *255j Software Issues, Not opperational Scanning Mobility Partical Sizer O.K. Single Particle Soot Photometer O.K. Black carbon filter pack *339j Filter Change Off: AL111205T-56079-12 and AL111205Tef Flow: 27.0 Time: 15:11 UTC Blank: AL111212T-56079-13 On: AL111212T-56079-13 and AL111212Tef Flow: 27.0 Time: 15:23 UTC O.K. CNC Counter O.K. Alert High Volume Sampler O.K. ALERT HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 332j 25 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 42 PUF filters canisters, 11 Blank(s) canisters, 57 GFF(s) 25 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 332j. O.K. PS-1 PUF Sampler Last blank: 318j, 2011 Last flow calibration: 318j, 2011 23 filters remaining in inventory 23 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 *346j Trap Change: Off: 13:57 P=20 On: 14:02 P=20 Trap Sample Spilt O.K. PICARRO 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): *346j Argon Tank Change 16:00 O.K. RGM Unit, 1130 0016, 2537A (012): O.K. *346j The following changes were made between 15:08 and 15:17 UTC Quartz line Filter Teflon Filter Impactor Frit Replacement RPF In:C Out D Denuter In:PlCC Out:PL6222 *346j Argon Tank Change 16:00 *348j Leak testing at 14:15 UTC *349j Zero Air 18:47 - 19:07 Cloug forund in sample line, clouge removed *350j Looking for leaks in zero air line, 13:48 DENUDER INVENTORY = 1 case(s), 0 tube(s): 5 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: 336j, 2011 Inventory: 9 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: 32 bottle(s), 64 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 O.K. Sampling Conditions: -36.3 C, 1.1 m/s, R.H. 33.8%, 982.5 mbar. Flasks sampled: 16/12/2011 (350j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: M5033, M5034 Inventory 23 box(es), 23 week(s) Japanese Halocarbon, steel 5L: NA Inventory 7 box(es), 14 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 1583-99, 1584-99 Inventory 12 box(es), 24 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-71, P2-72 Inventory 6 box(es), 12 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5196L, 5197R Inventory 10 box(es), 10 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-, P2- Inventory 5 box(es), 20 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 16 box(es), 32 week(s) PRL VOC, pressurized: AL031 Inventory 16 flask(s), 16 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q57, 22-Q128 Inventory 74 flask(s), 37 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT-, TT-, TT- Inventory 4 case(s), 8 week(s) Max Planck Institute - 13CH4: TT- Inventory 17 case(s), 34 week(s) French Program: 3785-25, 3751-25 Inventory 38 Flask(s), 19 week(s) COMPUTERS O.K. TRANSPORTATION Fuel Consumption, for December: 197 L GMC (EC Rider) *250j In storage for winter, Battery Dead 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 O.K. SHIPPING: Shipping Received: *349j Triwall DEF Fluid x2 MSC Orange x3 CISRO Blue x2 NOAA SS x3 NOAA 007 (2 Flasks) Japenese x1 NaOH Rosching Tube Sara's Belongings Shipping Sent: MAIL Mail Received: *349j KVM Controller Mail Sent: