Taking samples is a key technique in environmental monitoring. Sample collection, when done well, can be cheap, numerous samples can be taken, and many people can participate in sample collection. Lead image from @warren's [work](https://publiclab.org/notes/warren/03-25-2019/water-sampling-workshop-with-a-mega-coqui-kit-with-one-cranston) ## Types of sampling Not all of these types of sampling have pages yet, but we are working together to collect these resources, so please help by editing this page: * [Water sampling](/wiki/water-sampling) * [Soil sampling](/wiki/soil-sampling) * [Air sampling](/wiki/air-sampling) * [Dust sampling](/wiki/dust-sampling) * [Spectrometry sampling](/wiki/spectrometry-sampling) Please add other types of sampling here as well. ## Questions Ask and answer general questions about sampling: [questions:sampling] ...
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| MadTinker | "We take two different samples: one sample is used for local chemistry analysis (alkalinity, pH, hardness, ...). That sample is collected typically ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
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| stevie | "Thanks @MadTinker! Question for you - The sample bottles I found here are a little smaller than ones I've used in the past, and the ones suggested ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
| MadTinker | "Nice explanation. I do this a few times a month and this is the same procedure accepted in Colorado. The one minor difference is the option to use ..." | Read more » | almost 5 years ago | |||
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| gretchengehrke | "Here's another resource for soil sampling procedures: https://archive.epa.gov/region9/toxic/web/pdf/ee-soilsampling-sop-env-3-13.pdf. " | Read more » | almost 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Also, we're very interested in turbidity measurements -- there's a lot coming together here: https://publiclab.org/wiki/turbidity and this seems li..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, just going through this, it's amazing. Would you be willing to repost your blog in full so folks could reproduce the steps on the site here? L..." | Read more » | about 7 years ago | |||
| warren | "Some questions I have: How important (and for what types of sampling) is refrigeration? How quickly do different types of samples have to be shipp..." | Read more » | over 7 years ago | |||
| jakemartin | "A L2F is a light to frequency converter. This would work for any fluorescing oils such as crude oil. To distinguish them you would need to look a..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, this sounds very cool! What's an L2F detector? Would this work for other fluorescing oils and would it be likely to be able to distinguish the..." | Read more » | over 8 years ago |