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A practical approach to assessment of sampling uncertainty

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The paper reports the approach followed in the SOILSAMP project, funded by the National Environmental Protection Agency (ANPA)of Italy. SOILSAMP is aimed at assessing uncertainties associated with soil sampling in agricultural, semi-natural, urban, and industrial environments. The uncertainty assessment is based on a bottom-up approach, according to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). A designated agricultural area, which has been characterized in terms of elemental spatial distribution, will be used in future as a reference site for soil sampling intercomparison exercises.

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  1. Agenzia Nazionale per la Protezione dell’Ambiente (ANPA) – Unità Interdipartimentale di Metrologia Ambientale, Via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Rome, Italy e-mail: dezorzi@anpa.it Tel.: +39-06-5007-2086/2952 Fax: +39-06-5007-2313, IT

    Paolo de Zorzi, Maria Belli & Sabrina Barbizzi

  2. Ente Regionale per lo Sviluppo Agricolo del Friuli Venezia-Giulia (ERSA), Via Sabbatini 5, 33050 Pozzuolo del Friuli (UD), Italy, IT

    Sandro Menegon & Andrea Deluisa

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  1. Paolo de Zorzi
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Received: 19 November 2001 Accepted: 6 January 2002

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de Zorzi, P., Belli, M., Barbizzi, S. et al. A practical approach to assessment of sampling uncertainty. Accred Qual Assur 7, 182–188 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00769-002-0447-1

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