Reports

Contents

Title: Eosense CO2 Probe Compare
Date:2018-09-07
Data File: EosGP_Compare_20180907.csv
Refers to:GP20150101,GP20140084,GP20150109,GP20160127,GP20140026

This is a follow up to the April inter-comparison.  In this inter-comparison there is one new probe sn GP20140026 and three others were retested.  Again, the probes were put into a plastic box and the CO2 level was raised to 2%-3% with my breath and allowed to dissipate back to near ambient levels.  However, this time I flowed some zero air into the box at the end.  The data was recorded as single ended millivolts at 10sec intervals by a CR1000.  The analog range of all the probes is their range plus 20%

CO2 (ppm) = mV / 5000 * (1.2 * range)

Temp (C) = mV / 5000 * 70 - 20

Serial No.RangeNotes
GP20150101 2% Retest of probe from April
GP20140084 2% Retest of probe from April
GP20150109 8% Retest of probe from April
GP20160127 1% New probe used as master
GP20140026 2% Removed from TA soil for funky readings. Cable fused to connector maybe not water tight.

Figure 1. Time series.  All probes followed roughly the same path.

Regression Data

Residuals

Figure 2. Linear regression.  All relationships seem tight although slightly offset.  There seems to be a slight change in slope below 500ppm but it is small and in use these probes mostly will not see low values.

The probes that were retested match their previous comparisons relatively well especially considering the change of pulling them down to zero with the zero air.

Conclusions:

Serial No.RangeSlope
New / Prev
Offset
New / Prev
r^2CountNotes
GP20150101 2% 1.2013 /
1.1791
192.12 /
259.77
0.9974 181 Not too far off previous comparison
GP20140084 2% 1.0453 /
1.0440
-222.18 /
-302.71
0.9977 181 Very similar to previous comparison
GP20150109 8% 1.1242 /
1.0993
95.672 /
152.4
0.9961 181 Not too far off previous comparison
GP20140026 2% 1.1056 -10.058 0.9987 181 New comparison - Okay but consider applying this correction