Jeremiah and Peter came to the sampler at ISB greenhouse at 9:30 am and were greeted by a full 250 mL bottle of crystal clear fog water. Standard cleaning ensued: remove frames, clean Teflon parts in place, 409 and DI from sprayer. Blank taken. Checked switches. Repowered system.
140707 UCSC
About 30 mL of clear fog water was collected overnight. Removing strand frames to wash. Wash tray and side pieces in place.
140706 UCSC
Changed RH sensor and system appears to be working normally. Just got an email saying Big Fan On.
140705 UCSC
Arrived at collector at 9:30 am. Doors did not open. Program crashed. Waiting to change RH sensor. Good fog density in the morning.
140628-Montara
6/26/14: After acid wash redeployed Montara active sampler.
6/27/14: Sample bottle found on ground, slipped out of sample tube. System checked and rinsed and new sample bottle deployed.
6/28/14: 100 mL sample collected, preserved and refrigerated. System was still quite clean after just one day so we just removed and cleaned the racks in DI water and gave everything a thorough DI rinse. Collected a blank, reset system.
140624 UCSC Observations
Jeremiah arrived at the ISB Greenhouse at 8:45 am. There was no fog sample collected and the collector doors had opened. He removed the strand frames, teflon tray, teflon side pieces, top plate, and drip tube assembly. He washed them with 409 and water and gave a DI rinse. He reassembled and took a blank sample (B-UCSC-140624). The system was reset and ready to go for sampling tonight.
140624 LML Observations
Kona and Peter met at the LML site at 10:30 am. No fog was collected, although the doors had opened. We removed the strand frames and washed with DI at the sink. We rinsed the collector body and drip tray/tube assembly in place with copious amounts of DI water. Reassembled and reset for sampling tonight.
140623 LML Observations
Installed both active and passive systems today. Active collector set up and ready to collect sample. Soaked collector components in 10% acid bath on 6/22 overnight.
140623 UCSC Observations
Cloudy overnight, overcast was not at ground level. No fog sample collected. System washed by removing strand frames and rinsing with DI water at tap. Used sprayer on Teflon tray still in place. Reset system.