<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Mohammad Sharif — Field Notes &amp; Writing</title><description>Technical field notes and writing on environmental characterization, remediation, PFAS, landfill CQA, and the tools behind the work.</description><link>https://mosharif.pages.dev/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The &apos;diff every number&apos; rule: catching stale carryover in cyclic reports</title><link>https://mosharif.pages.dev/blog/diff-every-number-cyclic-reports/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mosharif.pages.dev/blog/diff-every-number-cyclic-reports/</guid><description>Recurring regulatory reports fail QC at the copy-paste step. Here&apos;s the paragraph-diff workflow I use to catch it — and the small tool that automates it.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Data QA</category><category>Compliance reporting</category><category>Automation</category></item><item><title>Building a Field-Navigation Tool for Grid Sampling</title><link>https://mosharif.pages.dev/blog/building-a-field-navigation-tool/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mosharif.pages.dev/blog/building-a-field-navigation-tool/</guid><description>Why I built a lightweight tool to find sampling-grid nodes in the field, and what it changed about how the team collects data.</description><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Tools</category><category>Grid sampling</category><category>Field navigation</category></item><item><title>Reading an XRF in the Field</title><link>https://mosharif.pages.dev/blog/reading-xrf-in-the-field/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://mosharif.pages.dev/blog/reading-xrf-in-the-field/</guid><description>What a handheld XRF analyzer actually tells you during site characterization — and the field habits that keep the data defensible.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>XRF</category><category>Field methods</category><category>Site characterization</category></item></channel></rss>