Standard Operating Procedures

Most of these standard operating procecures are Microsoft Word documents saved in Box.com.  They are hosted in the SOPs folder in Box.com.  If you need to edit an SOP:

1. Request access to the SOPs folder in Box.com from Seth Lyman
2. Log into your USU Box.com account on a web browser
3. Click on the SOP you are interested in editing
4. Edit the SOP by opening the Word document from the Box.com browser interface
5. Don't change the name of the SOP
6. Click here to access box folder that contains the SOP word documents

Safety

Visit our safety page to access safety-related standard operating procedures and our chemical hygiene plan

Ambient Air Monitoring Stations

• Calibration of Teledyne N500 NO2/NO analyzer
• Checkout of 2B ozone monitoring stations
• Collecting QC samples for can sampling systems
• Operating the blue Dynacal permeation ovens (including calculating the perm rate gravimetrically)
• Annual checks of meteorological instrumentation at field sites
• Installation and programming of Sierra Wireless RV50 cell modems
• OLD
  • Rabbit Mountain NOx and CO calibration
  • Filter-based PM_2.5 sampling with BGI PQ200
  • Operation of the TEOM 1450-DF
  • Setting up AT&T Sierra Wireless cards, including static IP addresses

Portable Tripods For Dnph And Canister Sampling

• Quick reference guide
• Comprehensive pods SOP

Canister Lab Prep And Analysis

• Canister maintenance and prep
  • Cleaning canisters
  • Diluting canisters and the
  • canister dilution plan worksheet (for high-concentration samples)
• Instrument maintenance
  • our paper maintenance log sheets
• Calibration standards
  • Making calibration standard canisters and the
  • Calculating concentrations of individual compounds in GC/GC/MS calibration samples
  • Generic calibration standard dilution worksheet
  • Worksheet for making a gas-phase internal standard from liquid-phase standards
• Shimadzu GC/GC/MS
  • A checklist/fillable form for starting and finalizing a batch
  • Evaluating an MS autotune
  • Shimadzu maintenance guide
  • Making sequence tables and batch tables
  • Analyzing canister data (chromatograms, Excel checkout table, etc.)
  • Checklist for putting the GC/GC/MS-Entech system in standby after a run is complete
  • Analyzing organics in vial headspace with the PAL system
• Agilent GC/MS
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Other Laboratory Work

• Analysis of Glycols in Water using GC-FID Split Injection
• General organic chemistry lab techniques (online textbook)
• Using the direct probe on the Shimadzu mercury GC/MS
• Analysis of soil and water samples for TOC
• Gravimetric verification of nitrogen compound permeation tubes
• Using the 3-D printer

Cleaning And Lab Maintenance

• Cleaning Tubing
• Washing dishes
• Washing parts with methanol
• Regenerating Indicating Drierite

Emissions Studies

• Mobile Lab SOP: High Flow, Flux Chamber, Soil Gas, and Enginess
• Mobile Lab 6-chamber daily checklist
• Infrared leak detection camera well site survey SOP
• Propane release for IR camera testing SOP
• Direct carbonyl emissions sampling from oil and gas equipment
• Install, uninstall, and factory calibration procedures for Fox thermal flow meters

Environmental Ecology

• Environmental ecology field lab and manual
• Aquatic macroinvertebrate collection
• Fish collection
• Plant collection and processing
• Avian egg collection
• Avian egg processing
• Avian survey

Other Field Measurements

• Lab prep and field collection of soil samples for VOC, TOC, and bacterial analysis
• Field collection of samples for mercury GC/MS
• Deployment and collection of single VOC canisters with automatic timer
• Operating YSI EXO water quality sonde
• Master SOP for field collection of water, soil, tissue and plant samples, and for analysis for HPC, TOC, VOC, pH, ORP, TDS, and soil properties

Mercury

• Mercury GCMS system
  • QC plan for mercury GCMS system
  • Performing mercury vapor injection on the GCMS  
    • Template for GCMS system elemental Hg calibration curve
  • Weighing mercury permeation tubes in the GCMS perm oven
• Dual Channel Analyzers
  • Dual channel 002 mercury system
    • Hg vapor syringe injections on duchan002 with Tekran 2505 vapor source
  • Dual channel 001 mercury system and automated mercury calibrator 001
• General SOP for weighing mercury permeation tubes 
• Testing Hg^II transmission through tubings
• Using the TETech Hg vapor source to do Hg vapor injections
  • Excel template and calculator for elemental mercury vapor injections (Hgvapor_inj_TEMPLATE.xltx)

Atmospheric Modeling

• Running GEOS-Chem for mercury
• Instructions for using HYSPLIT
• How to Import HYSPLIT trajectories into ArcGIS
  
  • Example TDUMP CSV file

Administrative and Office

• How to move a Box folder into the Center's Box account
• How to write the introduction of a peer-reviewed paper, according to Seth
• SOP TEMPLATE
• Chain of Custody Template
• ScribeHow helps make SOPs automatically

Websites

• Publishing a newsletter article on usu.edu/binghamresearch
• Publishing a news article on usu.edu/binghamresearch

Data Management

• Operation of the UBAIR web server and databases
• Correction and finalization of winter air monitoring station data in QC reports

Ozone Alert

• How to send an Ozone Alert email

Useful Training and Information

• Fundamentals of ESD(Primer on Electro-Static Discharge)
• Installer’s Pocket Guide to Swagelok Tubing and Fittings
• Guideline for Stainless Steel Swagelok Fittings
• Rivet Nut Instructions
• Screw Size Chart
• Machine Screw Threads
• SWAT Catalog

Information About Fasteners

Information about the fundamentals of fasteners, including their types, materials, and how to measure them, to help you choose the right hardware for your project.  Learn more here.

• Fastener Basics
• Fastener Type Chart
• US and Metric Thread Sizes
• Bolt Grade Markings and Strength Chart
• Thread Galling
• Thread Pitch and Thread Count (TPI)
• Measuring Fastener Diameter