ALERT REPORT: Week 49, Monday December 1 - Sunday December 7, 2014 (335j - 341j) Completed: Sunday December 7, 2014 Operator: Mike Elsasser Assistant Operator: Eve Cooper ***********Highlights of the Week************* *335j First 'Condition 2' of the season; winds up to 75km/h, very poor visibility. Unable to leave the station because of it. *338j The Show Tour arrives on station! 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. - Jigsaw blades - Squirt bottles - Shopvac 5gal bags - Scissors - Meter sticks **AEROSOL PROGRAM** *336j 14:53z-14:59z 1um Impactor servicing 14:59z-15:03z Zero Air 16:45z-16:53z 10um Impactor servicing 16:53z-16:55z Zero Air *339j BZ from 13:59z-15:10z Aethalometer 2(Magee Scientific) O.K. PSAP Program O.K. CLAP O.K. Nephelometer *336j Span check performed at 15:06z Avg error: 2.66% O.K. Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor O.K. Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer *336j Impactor cleaned @ 15:48z. O.K. Single Particle Soot Photometer *336j Impactor cleaned @ 15:48z. O.K. Black carbon filter packs *336j Quartz & Teflon Filters Changed: see checksheet for details. Pumps off from 15:08z-15:18z O.K. CPC Counter O.K. OPC O.K. PAX Offline ALERT HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 314j 23 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: 2 Case # out: 1 O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. (backup) NCP POPs Sampler 56 PUF filters canisters, 12 Blank(s) canisters, 81 GFF(s) 27 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 336j O.K. PS-1 PUF Sampler Last blank: 314j, 2014 Last flow calibration: 314j, 15:05utc Bulb changed 300j 32 filters remaining in inventory, 20 additional back ups 28 cartridge remaining in inventory O.K. 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 2014.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email Licor NDIR O.K. PICARRO O.K. LGR O.K. CAPMoN Ozone TEI 49C #49C-31313-672 O.K. [Offline as backup] CAPMoN Ozone Teco 49I 09052 317 O.K. CAPMoN Ozone Calibration Unit O.K. **MERCURY PROGRAM** Please see Mercury.xls checksheet attached to weekly report email RGM Unit, 1130(141), 2537A (124): *336j Changed from 14:07z-14:29z Sample Line filter Zero Air filter RPF (In D, Out B) Denuder (In PL500, Out AL030) Impactor frit Soda lime trap Argon Tank change from 14:33z-14:43z. Instrument back online @ 14:43z. In: 2600psi. Out: <100psi O.K. RGM Unit 2537A (007): *336j Argon Tank change from 14:33z-14:43z. Instrument back online @ 14:43z. In: 2600psi. Out: <100psi O.K. (Backup) 2537X (5023): *336j Argon Tank change from 14:33z-14:43z. Instrument back online @ 14:43z. In: 2600psi. Out: <100psi O.K. Hg/Pb/Particulate system: Offline DENUDER INVENTORY = 2 case(s), 0 tube(s): 9 denuder(s). Snow Sampling Last Table Sample: 2014/06/25 Last Ground Sample: 2014/07/08 Hg Glass Jars Remaining: 0 **OTHER PROGRAMS** O17 Moisture Trap O.K. Health Canada Precipitation Collector Changed: 336j, 2014 Inventory: 8 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 276j, 2014 Brewers 019: O.K. 029: O.K. 194: O.K. Permafrost O.K. BSRN Solar Radiation Program Offline **INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS** Bi-weekly 14C-CO2 Sample for U. of Heidelberg NaOH Inventory: 26 bottle(s), 51 week(s) O.K. DOAS System Offline (since October; taken back south) Ozone Instrument @ AWOS O.K. NOAA SEARCH *336j Laptop had no programs opened. Restarted @ 14:53z; okay. O.K. NOAA ETL Offline NOAA All-Sky Camera Offline LAB HI-VOL UNIT - U of Stockholm 14C 4 cases, 15 filter(s) in inventory O.K. **FLASK SAMPLING SUMMARY**: Sampling Conditions: -9.1 C, 2.3 m/s, R.H. 73.3%, 986.8 mbar. Flasks sampled: 2014-12-03 Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: I-165, I-166 Inventory 25 box(es), 50 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 1243-99, 12-44-99 Inventory 25.5 box(es), 51 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-591, P2-592 Inventory 17.5 box(es), 35 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5049, 5050 Inventory 1 box(es), 1 week(s) CSIRO flasks, pressurized: G050-S26, Inventory 57 box(es), 57 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: 324, 318, 243 Inventory 18 box(es), 36 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q66, 22-Q67 Inventory 91 flask(s), 45.5 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: J1695, J1883, J2122 Inventory 8 case(s), 16 week(s) Max Planck Institute - 13CH4: TT-677 Inventory 87 flask(s), 174 week(s) **COMPUTERS** O.K. **TRANSPORTATION** Fuel Consumption, December: 56L 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. Office O.K. **MAIL & SHIPPING**: SHIPPING Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: Triwall 49 - SCRIPPS 3x5L (231, 454, 313) - Toxics case [2014/11/03 - 2014/11/17] - CSIRO Blue (P2-412, P2-413, P2-414, temp 9) - SCRIPPS 2x5L (I-163, I-164) - NOAA SS (5101L, 5102R) - MSC Orange (P2-85, P2-86, P2-87, P2-88) - NOAA SS (5049L, 5050R) - MPI (J1695, J1883, J2122) - Alert Hi-Vol Case #2 [2014/11/03 - 2014/12/02] - NOAA 007 (1541-99, 1542-99, 4145-99 (broken), 4146-99) - SCRIPPS 2x5L (I-165, I-166) - Mailbag - PSAP filters [2014/11/17 - 2014/12/03] - CLAP filters [2014/11/05 - 2014/11/28] - Toxics sampling form [2014/11/03 - 2014/11/17] - Alert Hi-Vol form [2014/11/03 - 2014/12/02] Mail Received: Mail Sent: