CAPMoN Observations and Other Services - Goose Bay, NL

Environment Canada operates an environmental monitoring station located in Goose Bay, Labrador. It is a research and monitoring station which forms part of Environment Canada’s national network of CAPMoN stations. The primary focus of this monitoring station is the daily collection of precipitation sample and the measurement of hourly ground-level ozone. Data is collected via both automatic and manual samplers. A contract operator is required to attend the station to retrieve the precipitation samples, process them according to the CAPMoN Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's), and ship them for analysis to the CAPMoN National Laboratory located in Toronto, Ontario, once every two weeks. Other daily duties include reading and recording of various gauges, diagnostics, and regular servicing, troubleshooting, and minor repair of a variety of monitoring equipment.