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Add CTDPH for in situ ph reported on an unknown scale, though it is probably NBS
The following is from an email/phone conversation with Ryan Woosley
about this topic:
1. In situ pH sensors are almost always reported on the NBS scale.
> Most likely, if they didn’t know enough to specify the scale they
didn’t know enough to calibrate or convert it to total scale.
2. It’s possible, though rare to calibrate an in situ pH sensor to the
seawater scale using a tris buffer
> Yes, it can be done, but TRIS buffers are hard to make and not easy
to obtain so most don’t try.
3. You cannot calibrate an in situ pH electrode to report on the Total
Scale, however you can correct the data using discrete bottle samples
analyzed with the traditional m-cresol purple techniques.
> It’s possible to do it, but most likely it would be done in post
processing, either with a TRIS buffers or spec pH measurements.
Some follow ups in addition to just confirming above (in the same oder):
1. It is reasonable to assume that an unknown CTD pH sensor data is on
the NBS scale when we lack any other information than “it’s pH” or
should we keep this separately in a "pH reported on an unknown
scale”. Right now, we (CCHDO) are preparing to publish/format some
CTD data that is on an unknown reporting scale and are preparing to
have it as an “unknown scale” parameter.
> It’s reasonable to assume it’s NBS because anyone using the total
scale would know to say that. If you have crossover data it would be
really easy to determine because NBS is ~0.13 units higher than total
scale.
2. I think it was stated that using TRIS would result in a one point
calibration, I have some vague memories of using artificial seawater
AMP buffers as an undergrad. Is there some reason this didn’t come up
in our conversations yesterday (i.e. cannot use AMP for in situ pH
electrodes)?
> Yes you could do a 2 point calibration with TRIS and AMP. It’s hard
enough to make TRIS no one takes the effort to make AMP as well.
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