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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| maxliboiron | "Thanks Warren! " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Wow, super thanks Max! Just wanted to connect you with this recent post on stationary tethered monitoring: http://publiclab.org/notes/EdMallon/02-1..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "I have a smartphone spectrometer, so maybe bring a cuvette to SNOWFEST and that should be all I need. " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Great -- Mathew just ordered all the parts yesterday; once they arrive we'll put up an order link on the store. Thanks, this is exciting! " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "I wanted to work off of the actual models (or prototype models) Mathew and others made, but didn't have time to do a scaled model. Also, figuring o..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "cool " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Lynn | "I would like to be part of the testing project. I'll buy the kit. When will it be available? " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| cfastie | "Jeff, If you include the dimensions of the part of the spectrometer that inserts into the window, and the dimensions of the cuvettes, the next mock..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| danbeavers | "I think I just need some cuvettes. I have the laser and spectrometer. Oh, and perhaps some standard samples. " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| liz | "I saw that note -- thanks for updating it with your update! But i was asking about this great picture of a foldable spec with the hackteria logo on..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Matt_P | "hey jeff, hey scott, i am (still) willing to purchase a kit to help this get off the ground. i'm hoping to have more time in...april. scott, lets g..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| dusjagr | "Here is an updated file: http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DIY_spectroscopy#Updated_version " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "I think he already did: http://publiclab.org/notes/dusjagr/04-29-2013/redesign-of-the-foldable-mini-spectro-to-hold-a-cuvette " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| liz | "@dusjagr Marc, awesome! Hey, also can you post that picture of your custom hackteria foldable spec i saw on Facebook to this site so we can cite it? " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| dusjagr | "nice, count us in for testing. based in yogyakarta, indonesia. perfect addition to our current research during hackterialab 2014. " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "matt_p this is scott, gulf coast, i have most of these materials, or their analogues what i don't have is time " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hey Matt - well, not free, but as you can see the cost is going to be pretty darn low. @Paquicamus - sounds awesome! Could you link to some of the..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Paquicamus | "I have done a lot of water quality analysis work using double beam UV/V spectrophotometer to determine phosphates, nitrates, nitrates, ammonia usin..." | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| Matt_P | "If you are asking me if I would allow you to send me one of these kits, for free...sure. How could I say no? I'll see what I can do with it. " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| eustatic | "Hooray! " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| vjpixel | "I want to test one! " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| liz | "Count me in! We have lots of muck and mire in NYC to investigate. Conversely, we also have many delicious varieties of olive oil. :) " | Read more » | almost 11 years ago | |||
| dusjagr | "Just found some more kinda cheap spectrometers on journal of chemical education: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed300396x?journalCode=jceda8 ..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago | |||
| warren | "Hey dusjagr - did you see these posts on a new design for a liquid spectrometer? http://publiclab.org/notes/warren/08-08-2013/design-for-coffee-sp..." | Read more » | about 11 years ago |