ALERT REPORT: Week 8, Monday February 17 - Sunday Feb 23, 2014 (48j- 54j) Completed: Sunday February 23, 2014 Operator: Miranda Brintnell Assistant Operator: Caitlyn Lyons ***********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. CPC manual 5 gallon shop vac bags strainer to catch O17 trap beads Mercury glass jars and scoop sent south last fall **AEROSOL PROGRAM** J048, 15:25-15:42 UTC 1uM and 10uM Impactor Servicing Aethalometer 2(Magee Scientific) J048 Data downloaded on J045, error on Monday due to upside down memory card. Fixed on J048. O.K. PSAP Program O.K. Nephelometer J048 17:10-17:44utc SPAN check, span error at 3.23% J052 Bench Zero from 14:20-15:20utc O.K. Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor J049 ACSM restarted and Prism head restarted too, per Desi's suggestion O.K. Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer O.K. Single Particle Soot Photometer O.K. Black carbon filter packs J048 16:40z - 17:25utc Teflon, Quartz & Russell filters changed O.K. CPC Counter J048 16:42z Butanol fill, impactor clean O.K. OPC O.K. PAX O.K. ALERT HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 340j 8 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: 2 Case # out: 1 O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. backup standby NCP POPs Sampler O.K. 49 PUF filters canisters, 11 Blank(s) canisters, 57 GFF(s) 24 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 343j PS-1 PUF Sampler Last blank: 006j, 2014 Last flow calibration: 020j, 19:30z Bulb changed J020 21 filters remaining in inventory 21 cartridges remaining in inventory *Note, now sampled once a month in winter GAPS Network Passive sampling program O.K. **MET PROGRAM** O.K Ambient Temperature Sensor [Campbell 109] O.K. Stevenson Screen and Dew Cells O.K. 10m Tipping Tower and Lab Platform 10m RM Young Wind Sensors O.K. **TRACE GAS PROGRAM** Complete Gas Tank Inventory ***Please see Inventory 2013.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email Licor NDIR O.K. PICARRO O.K. LGR O.K. CAPMoN Ozone TEI 49C #49C-73452-672 J043 Online @ 10:15EST CAPMoN Ozone Teco 49I 09052 #317 J043 OFFLINE 11:57EST shipped south for repair CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. **MERCURY PROGRAM** Please see Mercury.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email RGM Unit, 1130(141), 2537A (007): J048 18:20 - 18:45utc sample filter(quartz) change; O.K. but still requires flow controller adjustments to be done in future weeks 2537X(5023): O.K. Ambient Air 2537A (040): Offline Hg/Pb/Particulate system: Program has ended for the year. O.K. DENUDER INVENTORY = 1 case(s), 0 tube(s): 3 denuder(s). Snow Sampling Last Table Sample: 2013/05/30 Last Ground Sample: 2013/07/15 Glass Jars Remaining: 0 Jars and scoop sent south for cleaning in Sept'13. To be sent back North soon!! **OTHER PROGRAMS** O17 Moisture Trap O.K. Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: J031, 2014 Inventory: 6 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: J020j, 2014 Brewers 019: Offline 029: O.K. 194: Offline Permafrost O.K. BSRN Solar Radiation Program Offline **INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS** Bi-weekly 14C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg NaOH Inventory: 17 bottle(s), 34 week(s) O.K. DOAS System Data files not being written or transferred automatically. O.K. Ozone Instrument @ AWOS J049 Calibrations restarted O.K. NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL O.K. High std dev periodically. LAB HI-VOL UNIT - U of Stockholm 14C O.K. Last Blank: J035 3 cases, 9 filter(s) in inventory **FLASK SAMPLING SUMMARY**: SUMMARY: Sampling Conditions: -23.5 C, 5.6 m/s, R.H. 46.9%, 981.9 mbar. Flasks sampled: 19/02/2014 (50j) Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: 0, 0 Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3435-99, 3436-99 Inventory 7.5 box(es), 15 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-99, P2-100 Inventory 4 box(es), 8 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5083L 5084R Inventory 4 box(es), 4 week(s) CSIRO/MSC 2L glass, pressurized: P2-401, P2-403 Inventory 3.5 box(es), 7 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: NA Inventory 6 box(es), 12 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q13, 22-Q15 Inventory 68 flask(s), 34 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: TT-, TT-, TT- Inventory 4 case(s), 8 week(s) Max Planck Institute - 13CH4: TT- Inventory 15 flask(s), 30 week(s) French Inventory Flask(s), 0 week(s) **COMPUTERS** is non-responsive. Can't read output but files are being written normally. DOAS Data files not being written or transferred automatically. **TRANSPORTATION** Fuel Consumption, Feb: 150L 2005 GMC (EC Rider) O.K. 2006 Ford (Red Rover) O.K. 2009 Ford (Brown Betty) O.K. 2011 Ford (Big Red) O.K. **BUILDINGS** Lab O.K. APU O.K. TX O.K. SST O.K. **MAIL & SHIPPING**: SHIPPING Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: Mail Received: Mail Sent: