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INNOVATIONS IN SOIL SAMPLING AND DATA ANALYSIS
Citation:
SCHUMACHER, B. A., J. H. ZIMMERMAN, AND J. M. NOCERINO. INNOVATIONS IN SOIL SAMPLING AND DATA ANALYSIS. Presented at BOSC review of Land Research Program, Cincinnati, OH, December 13 - 15, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
The overall objective of the chemometrics and environmetrics program and this task is to examine and evaluate the statistical procedures and methods used in the measurement or experimentation process and to improve those procedures and methods (if deemed inadequate) by investigating, developing, and evaluating statistical methods, algorithms, and software to reduce data uncertainty. The measurement or experimentation process encompasses: decision objectives and design, sampling design, sampling, experimental design, quality control, data collection, signal processing and data manipulation, data analysis, validation, and decision analysis. Other general objectives of the program are to: evaluate certain existing, developed, or potential performance measurements for information content, relevancy, and cost-effectiveness. The objectives of the sampling research area are to provide the Agency with improved state-of-the-science guidance, strategies, and techniques to more accurately and effectively collect solid particulate field and laboratory subsamples that best represent the extent and degree of contamination at a given site.
Description:
Successful research outcomes from the VOC in soils work will provide the Agency with methods and techniques that provide the accurate VOC concentrations so that decisions related to a contaminated site can be made to optimize the protectiveness to the environment and human health and the cost effectiveness of remedial decisions.