ALERT REPORT: Week 4, Monday January 19, 2015 - Sunday January 25, 2015 (019j - 025j) Completed: Sunday January 25, 2015 Operator: Mike Elsasser Assistant Operator: Melody Fraser ***********Highlights of the Week************* *019-020j His Excellency the Governor General of Canada visited CFS Alert for the Change of Command ceremony. We shook hands and joked around! *023j Truck @ lab from 13:59z-14:32z, to offload flasking equipment and pick up empty Argon cylinders. 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 **AEROSOL PROGRAM** *019j 15:04z-15:12z 1um Impactor servicing 15:12z-15:14z Zero Air *023j BZ from 14:23z-15:31z Aethalometer 2 (Magee Scientific) O.K. PSAP Program *023j Pump off from 13:56z-15:03z for truck @ lab. O.K. Continuous Light Absorption Photometer (CLAP) O.K. Nephelometer *019j Span check performed at 15:15z Avg error: 3.20% O.K. Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitor O.K. Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer O.K. Single Particle Soot Photometer O.K. Black carbon filter packs *019j Quartz & Teflon Filters Changed: see checksheet for details. Pumps off from 15:26z-15:37z *023j Pumps off from 13:56z-15:03z for truck @ lab. O.K. CPC Counter O.K. OPC O.K. PAX Offline ALERT HI-VOL UNIT Last Blank: 363j 22 filter(s) in inventory Received: Case # in: 2 Case # out: 3 O.K. IGLOOLIK Sampler O.K. (backup) NCP POPs Sampler 49 PUF filters canisters, 11 Blank(s) canisters, 72 GFF(s) 24 Toxics case(s) remaining in inventory Last blank: 363j *023j Pump off from 13:56z-15:03z for truck @ lab. O.K. PS-1 PUF Sampler Last blank: 005j, 2015 Last flow calibration: 005j, 17:40utc Bulb changed 342j 29 filters remaining in inventory, 20 additional back ups 25 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 2015.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 *023j Argon Tank change from 14:09z-14:16z. Old Tank ~300psi New Tank ~2100psi RGM Unit, 1130(141), 2537A (124): *019j Idle from 14:49z-14:55z. Changed: Sample Line filter *023j Idle from 13:56z-15:03z for truck @ lab. 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): 11 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: 363j, 2014 Inventory: 6 month(s) Health Canada Thermo-Luminescence Detector Changed: 363j, 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: 22 bottle(s), 44 week(s) O.K. DOAS System Offline (since October; taken back south) Ozone Instrument @ AWOS O.K. NOAA SEARCH O.K. NOAA ETL Offline NOAA All-Sky Camera Offline LAB HI-VOL UNIT - U of Stockholm 14C 3 cases, 15 filter(s) in inventory *023j Pump off from 13:56z-15:03z for truck @ lab. O.K. **FLASK SAMPLING SUMMARY**: Sampling Conditions: -31.4 C, 2 m/s, R.H. 38.2%, 983.8 mbar. Flasks sampled: 2015-01-21 Scripps 5L glass greased stopcock, evacuated: , Inventory 22 box(es), 44 week(s) NOAA 2.5L 007 pressurized: 3109-99, 3110-99 Inventory 21.5 box(es), 43 week(s) MSC 2L glass double valve pressurized: P2-597, P2-598 Inventory 16 box(es), 32 week(s) NOAA stainless steel 850mL/2.5L pressurized: 5182, 5183 Inventory 3 box(es), 3 week(s) CSIRO flasks, pressurized: G050-299, Inventory 50 box(es), 50 week(s) SCRIPPS 3 X 5L Oxygen: , , Inventory 13 box(es), 26 week(s) U of Heidelberg 1L glass pressurized: 22-Q, 22-Q Inventory 76 flask(s), 38 week(s) Max Planck Institute - BGC: , , Inventory 10 case(s), 20 week(s) Max Planck Institute - 13CH4: Inventory 84 flask(s), 168 week(s) **COMPUTERS** O.K. **TRANSPORTATION** Fuel Consumption, January: 150L 2005 GMC (EC Rider) O.K. 2006 Ford (Red Rover) O.K. 2009 Ford (Brown Betty) O.K. 2011 Ford (Big Red) *016j The truck was recovered by Maintenance later the same day it had been left near the lab. O.K. **BUILDINGS** Lab *021j Found "Deck Lights" breaker off ("old lab" inside lights wouldn't come on). Reset breaker @ 14:00z with no problems. *023j Had electricians at the lab, who were doing a lookover of our electrical systems, including the BSRN platform and Hi-Vol setups. (For I believe their Arc Flash study). O.K. APU O.K. TX O.K. SST O.K. Office O.K. **MAIL & SHIPPING**: SHIPPING Shipping Received: Shipping Sent: Mail Received: Mail Sent: