ALERT REPORT: Week 50, Monday December 8 - Sunday December 14, 2014 (342j - 348j) Completed: Sunday December 14, 2014 Operator: Mike Elsasser Assistant Operator: Eve Cooper ***********Highlights of the Week************* *343j Show Tour departs Alert after a long week of entertainment. 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 **AEROSOL PROGRAM** *342j Had forgotten to end SP2/SMPS portion of BZ on friday; back on sample air @ 14:16z 14:25z-14:33z 1um Impactor servicing 14:33z-14:37z Zero Air *346j BZ from 14:04z-15:21z Aethalometer 2(Magee Scientific) O.K. PSAP Program O.K. CLAP O.K. Nephelometer *342j Span check performed at 15:06z Avg error: 2.89% O.K. Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor O.K. Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer O.K. Single Particle Soot Photometer O.K. Black carbon filter packs *342j Quartz & Teflon Filters Changed: see checksheet for details. Pumps off from 14:42z-14:54z O.K. CPC Counter O.K. OPC O.K. PAX Offline ALERT HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 336j 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 *344j Picarro & LGR PSIG meters were at 0.6psi (not 1.0), so changed trap. However pressure dropped to -0.1psi after change, and pump pressure gauge read 3.5 (not 15). Eventually found that there were holes in both the inlet and outlet hoses connected to the moisture trap. Constructed and installed new hoses to the moisture trap; back online @ 17:00z. O.K. LGR *344j Picarro & LGR PSIG meters were at 0.6psi (not 1.0), so changed trap. However pressure dropped to -0.1psi after change, and pump pressure gauge read 3.5 (not 15). Eventually found that there were holes in both the inlet and outlet hoses connected to the moisture trap. Constructed and installed new hoses to the moisture trap; back online @ 17:00z. 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): *342j Changed from 14:16z-14:21z Sample Line filter O.K. RGM Unit 2537A (007): O.K. (Backup) 2537X (5023): 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: 25 bottle(s), 50 week(s) O.K. DOAS System Offline (since October; taken back south) Ozone Instrument @ AWOS O.K. NOAA SEARCH *344j Laptop had no programs opened. Restarted @ 14:07z; 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: -31.3 C, 1.4 m/s, R.H. 40%, 989.5 mbar. Flasks sampled: 2014-12-10 Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: , Inventory 25 box(es), 50 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 1897-99, 1898-99 Inventory 24.5 box(es), 49 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-593, P2-594 Inventory 19 box(es), 38 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5127, 5128 Inventory 8 box(es), 8 week(s) CSIRO flasks, pressurized: G050-S25, Inventory 56 box(es), 56 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: , , Inventory 18 box(es), 36 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q95, 22-Q97 Inventory 89 flask(s), 44.5 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: , , Inventory 13 case(s), 26 week(s) Max Planck Institute - 13CH4: 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: December 10th - NOAA SS (x8) - MSC Orange (x2) - Meter sticks (x2) - MPI Cases (x5) - Denuders (x5) - Stockholm Hi-Vol case (5 filters) Shipping Sent: Mail Received: Mail Sent: