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Results of a pilot study by Peter Weiss-Penzias (UCSC), Dan Deeds (USBR), Belle Zheng (UCSC), and Tarabryn Grismer (UCSC) looking at the spatial patterns of THg in four lichen species growing in the vicinity of Lake Berryessa. 

1-12-20

Collecting throughfall precipitation in a redwood forest at UC Santa Cruz

Fog collector came on at 12:00am last night and turned off at 10:00am this morning. The sample was collected the this morning at 9:30 am and refrigerated. The collector was cleaned with soap and water, dried, then a blank was taken at 12:00pm. The sample and blank were acidified and refrigerated at 2:30pm. Today’s fog sample was a less gritty than yesterday’s.

Fog collector came on at 11:20pm last night and turned off at 10:34am this morning. The sample was collected the this morning at 9:20 am and refrigerated. The collector was cleaned with soap and water, dried, then a blank was taken at 12:00pm. The sample and blank were acidified and refrigerated at 12:30pm. Today’s fog sample was a bit gritty.

Fog Collector came on at 8:25pm and turned off the next morning at 9:30am. 200 mL of sample was collected at 11:00am! The collector was washed with soap and water, then dried. A blank was taken at 11:30am. The samples were acidified at 11:50am.

The fog collector came on at 9:52pm last night and turned off at 9:28am this morning. The sample was collected at 10:40 am. 75mL of sample was collected. The collect was rinsed with soap and water, dried then a blank was taken at 12:30 pm.

Fog collector came on at 10:18pm and deactivated at 10:08am. 360mL of sample was collected!!! The sample was collected at 11:00am and acidified at 12:00pm. The fog collector was acid washed, rinsed, and dried. A blank was taken at 3:00pm.

Collector went off, but no sample. Fog collector was washed at 6:00pm by Wendy.

Fog collector came on at 9:39am and stopped at 9:40am. No sample was collected. Collector was cleaned with soap, water, and dried. No blank was taken.

Fog collector came on at 11:00pm and deactivated 9:32am. 125mL of fog water was collected at 10:30am. The collector was cleaned with soap and water, then dried, then, a blank was taken at 11:00am. The sample and blank were acidified and refrigerated an hour later.