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reformulation in pre-deployment operations and calibrations (#111)
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* reformulation

* new formulation

After Pierre's comment in #92 I tried to improve the formulation.
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soerenthomsen committed Oct 11, 2021
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Keeping sensor in small beakers before and during calibration process. Only the membrane will need to be submerged in distilled water.
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After recovery the sensor and to remove any biofouling, the following protocol is recommended by the manufacturer:
After recovery the sensor has to be cleaned to remove any biofouling. The following protocol is recommended by the manufacturer:
1. If the sensor has been for too long exposed to the air, leave it overnight in a vinegar solution.
2. Next day, place the sensor in soapy water and use a brush gently if it is necessary to remove all material adhered to the surface.
3. Rinse very well with clean water and dry carefully.
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Issues with Winkler method at low oxygen concentrations (below 1 $\mu$mol/kg, some researchers consider that values below 20 $\mu$mol/kg shouldn't be use for the sensor calibration):
- There are various issues with Winkler at low oxygen concentrations as Winkler always biases towards too high oxygen: the detection limit of the method is around 1 uM {cite}`Langdon2010`, the oxygen absorbed in the plastic of the Niskin bottles might be transferred to the water sampled (reference needed).
- For example, within the core of the Peruvian oxygen minimum zones oxygen concentrations at nmol levels are present
other approaches for 0 % in-situ calibration {cite}`Revsbech2009` and {cite}`Thomsen2016`.
- STOX sensor, new low-oxygen sensing foils (0-10% saturation) from Aanderaa.
- For example, within the core of the Peruvian oxygen minimum zones oxygen concentrations at nmol levels are present.
- Thus in-situ approaches for 0 % calibration {cite}`Thomsen2016` are suggested.
- Also intercomparisons with STOX sensors attached to a shipboard CTD {cite}`Revsbech2009` or new low-oxygen sensing foils (0-10% saturation) from Aanderaa are recommended.

#### 100 / 0 % saturation protocol

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