Objective Like each chain is as weak as its weakest link, the quality of environmental analytical research, e.g. soil analysis, depends on the quality of each step of the whole investigation, from planning, sampling, sample pre-treatment and chemical analysis up to the evaluation and interpretation of the analytical results. Especially sampling and sample pre-treatment are phases which have been shown to be crucial for the quality of results (comparability and reproducibility).The project aims to evaluate the performance of existing sampling and sample pre-treatment methodologies used for soil analysis by comparing them and identifying the strong and weak points in various procedures tested with the objectives of evaluating how sampling may affect data quality, improving comparability and reproducibility of soil sampling methods and developing Standards Operating Procedures (SOPs) for soil sampling and sample pre-treatment.The project is presently in its first phase, i.e. selection and characterisation of a sampling site. Programme(s) FP4-SMT - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of standards, measurements and testing, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0202 - European measurement and testing infrastructure Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Universität des Saarlandes EU contribution No data Address 66041 Saarbrücken Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Enrico Fermi 1, TP 460 21020 BARASSO See on map Total cost No data Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrikulturchemie und Umwelthygiene Switzerland EU contribution No data Address 155,Schwarzenburgstrasse 3097 Liebefeld-Bern See on map Total cost No data National Agricultural Research Foundation Greece EU contribution No data Address 1,Venizelou Street 1 14123 Lykovrissi See on map Total cost No data