Instrument: Flow Injection Analyzer

Instrument Short Name: FIA
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/LAB36/)
Instrument Description:

An instrument that performs flow injection analysis. Flow injection analysis (FIA) is an approach to chemical analysis that is accomplished by injecting a plug of sample into a flowing carrier stream. FIA is an automated method in which a sample is injected into a continuous flow of a carrier solution that mixes with other continuously flowing solutions before reaching a detector. Precision is dramatically increased when FIA is used instead of manual injections and as a result very specific FIA systems have been developed for a wide array of analytical techniques.

PI supplied instrument name: QuickChem 8000 analyzer
Dataset-specific description

University of California Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute’s Analytical Laboratory using flow injection techniques on a QuickChem 8000 analyzer (Lachat Instruments Division, Zellweger Analytics) as described in Brzezinski and Washburn (2011).

Brzezinski, M. A., and L. Washburn.  2011.  Phytoplankton primary productivity in the Santa Barbara Channel: Effects of wind-driven upwelling and mesoscale eddies.  Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans, 116, C12013, doi:10.1029/2011JC007397.