Site Support   Need To Speak With Someone? If you have questions or comments concerning site-related activities:  FOR NTN, contact:   E-Mail NTN The Site Liaison, Matt Layden, OR phone him at 1-800-952-7353   FOR AIRMoN, contact:   E-Mail AIRMoN The Site Liaison, Jane Rothert, OR phone her at (217) 333-7942   On-Line Resources:   NTN Sample Collection and Field Lab Procedures Summary (revised 1/12/2005) NOTE: the field lab instructions (orange side) have been revised to reflect the new 4-in-1 shipping protocol which replaced the black box mailers. All sites are now converted to this shipping protocol.   Current National Trends Network Site Operation Manual with updated revisions National Trends Network Site Operation Manual (1999 version) Current Field Observer Report Form (FORF) revised 10/06 Current CAL Guide to Belfort B5-780 Cleaning The free Acrobat Reader is required to read the Manual and the Procedures Summary.   MSDS Information for Field Chemistry Solutions: Buffer Solution, pH 4.00 (red)        .htm file .txt file Buffer Solution, pH 7.00 (yellow)  .htm file .txt file Electrode Solution (potassium chloride) .pdf file 4.9 Quality Control Check Sample (NTN) .pdf file .rtf file * 4.3 Quality Control Check Sample (AIRMoN) .pdf file .rtf file * Dashpot Fluid (Mobilube SHC 75W-90) .htm file .pdf file Specific Conductance Standard .pdf file .rtf file *   * After accessing these pages, use your keyboard's "Ctrl" key then "P" key to print these .rtf files with your printer.

Reminders and tips from the monthly Preliminary Data Reports are compiled here for reference.  The linked pages and reports in them are listed below.  Go to 2007 Monthly Reminders 1/07 CAL 2007 Training course, Barcode label use, and updated FORFs 2/07 Valid Samples and back-up operators 3/07 Spring Cleaning Reminder & 2008 CALendar Reminder 4/07 Raingage Summerization-Warm Season Operation & New CAL Staff 5/07 Annual Vegetation Trimming & Other Reminders 6/07 Inventory of Site Supplies & Other Reminders 7/07 Site Supply Inventory Questionnaire & Lid Seals 8/07 2006 Annual Summary and Maps, New Buckets, & Pen Position 9/07 Winterizing and Missing Precipitation Types 10/07 2008 Calendar and Winterization Checks 11/07 Holiday Plans, Winterization, New Lid Bag, & 300,000th Sample 12/07 New Years Greeting and New Dishwashers Go to 2006 Monthly Reminders 1/06 CAL 2006 Training course, Barcode label use, & new sites welcome 2/06 Preliminary Report Changes, CAL MDL's, and CAL 2006 Training Course 3/06 CAL 2006 Training course, Barcode label use, & 2007 CALendar 4/06 2007 CALendar, Precipitation Type, New Data Report Format, & "Summerizing" 5/06 2007 CALendar 6/06 Dry-Site Bucket Procedures 7/06 Site Supply Shipping notification and New CAL address 8/06 Shipping samples and used supplies, Dry bucket procedure, and Belfort Operation and Maintenance 9/06 Winterizing and June 2006 Lid Seal Change 10/06 Lid Seals and Reminders 11/06 Block 4 Site Operations 12/06 New bar code labels and FORFs Go to 2005 Monthly Reminders 1/05 CAL 2005 training course & new sites welcome 2/05 Sample 'Lab type' Codes, Site Operation Reminders 3/05 Preliminary Printout Error, Site Operation Reminders 4/05 Collection Efficiency vs. Sample Validity 5/05 Annual Vegetation Trimming, FORFs, & 2006 Calendar 6/05 See 7/05 Reminder 7/05 Belfort Maintenance, Raingage News, & Total Nitrogen 8/05 NTN Site Liaison, DC Power Supply, & Parts Return 9/05 Scott's Farewell to NTN 10/05 Winterizing Checks 11/05 2006 CALendar, Winterizing follow-up, & Heating Sensor Check 12/05 Go to 2004 Monthly Reminders 1/04 CAL 2004 training course & new sites welcome 2/04 External Quality Assurance audits 3/04 Changes approved at Fall Technical Committee Meeting 4/04 NADP Collector Sensor Heater Check Procedure 5/04 What does my SITE ID mean? 6/04 Sensor cleaning, raingage charts, & foam lid seal 7/04 Field Form Issues and MSDS sheets 8/04 Fall Maintenance & Educational Outreach 9/04 Winterizing and Ambient Sensor Heater Checks 10/04 Pre-winter Raingage Inspection and Cleaning and Field Chemistry Protocol Change 11/04 Site Operations Changes & Second Mailing 12/04 Go to 2003 Monthly Reminders 1/03 2003 Cal Training Course, seasonal collector problems, & new sites welcome 2/03 Snow rollers and collection efficiency and sample validity 3/03 External Quality Assurance Audits 4/03 Collector Function Check and Battery Maintenance 5/03 Vegetative Maintenance & 2004 CALendar 6/03 Replacement Parts Issues & CALendar Centerfold 7/03 Bucket & Lid Weight & 25 yr Operators 8/03 Summer Raingage Inspection & Cleaning & Monthly Reports 9/03 25th Anniversary & Field Equipment Failures 10/03 Bucket/Lid Update & Clock-related Information 11/03 Field Chemistry Reminder & Field pH Measurement Tip 12/03 Holiday Schedules Go to 2002 Monthly Reminders 1/02 Mailer Inventory Information questionnaire, Sample Collection and Field Lab Procedures Summary, and Field Operations Training Course 2/01 Faxes from the CAL 3/02 Changes to Raingage Clocks and A New Voice on the Phone 4/02 Raingage Summarizing", Note from the Program Office, and Field Operations Training at CAL 5/02 Site Vegetation Maintenance 6/02 Field pH Measurements 7/02 Contact Information Updates 8/02 One More Time for Contact Information Updates 9/02 Winterizing and Ambient Sensor Heater Checks 10/02 2003 Calendar and New Data Report 11/02 Sample Duration Rule 12/02 Record Retention - Field Form and Raingage Charts Go to 2001 Monthly Reminders 1/01 Field Operations Training Course and CAL Web site 2/01 New Lids in Use 3/01 2002 CALendar, CAL Website, and New Sites in 2000 4/01 Equipment Check and Adjustments to Raingage 5/01 Foam Lid Seal Change 6/01 Annual Vegetation Trimming 7/01 New Site Sketches, GPS Program, & Website Contest 8/01 Foam Lid Seal and Samples Contaminated with Potassium Chloride 9/01 2002 Calendar and Winterization 10/01 Winterization Follow-up and Bucket Sample Weight 11/01 Holiday Sample Change Recommendations 12/01 Battery Backup Frequently Asked Questions    Go to 2000 Monthly Reminders 1/00 Operation Manual Update and New Procedure Alert 2/00 Bar Coding 3/00 Printout Data Error, Training Course, & Color-coded Buckets, Lids, and  Bottles 4/00 Event Recorder Tracing, Precipitation Amount, and Collection Efficiency 5/00 Field Form Precipitation Record Block 7 6/00 Lid Seal Change & Congratulations for 200,000 Samples 7/00 New Collector Decal 8/00 Raingage Chart Installation 9/00 Winterizing & New Raingage Study 10/00 Pre-winter Raingage Inspection & Cleaning 11/00 Winterizing, Alternate Raingage Use, & Map Summary 12/00 Weekly Antifreeze Maintenance   Go to 1999 Monthly Reminders 1/99 Winterizing & Raingage Clock Function 2/99 Dry-Side Buckets Maintenance 3/99 Sample Decanting & New Sites 4/99 Sensor Cleaning & Foam Lid Seal Change 5/99 Lightning Damage & Site Record Keeping 6/99 New NEP Sites & Black Box Mailers 7/99 Lid Seal, Event Recorder, & 2000 Calendar 8/99 Operation Manual Update & Lid Seal Check 9/99 Operation Manual & Belfort Raingage 10/99 Collector & Raingage Parts Inventory 11/99 Winterizing & Event Recorders & Aerochem Function Check 12/99 Test for Event Recorder & Raingage Pen Conflict

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