Sampling strategy

Sampling strategy - context
Environmental sampling
Spatial variability
Development of a sampling scheme
Spatial variability -> sampling scheme (1)
Spatial variability -> sampling scheme (2)
Temporal variability
Sampling and storage equipment
Potential sources of analyte losses
Sample contamination
End of lesson

Sampling and storage equipment

CAUTION! Large systematic errors may arise during
sampling and sample storage. Two major causes:

1. analyte loss
from sample:
analyte
 

true analyte
concentration
Ci, true

>

analyte concentration
in the sample
Ci, sample
       
2. contamination
of sample
analyte
 
true analyte
concentration
Ci, true
<
analyte concentration
in the sample
Ci, sample