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Ref. No. [UMCES] CBL 2016-013
ACT VS16-04
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 3
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................... 5
INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY TESTED .............................................................................. 5
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TEST PLAN...................................................................... 6
LABORATORY TESTS
..................................................................................................................... 6
MOORED FIELD TESTS
................................................................................................................... 8
REFERENCE SAMPLE ANALYSIS
................................................................................................... 11
RESULTS OF LABORATORY TEST..................................................................................... 13
RESULTS OF MOORED FIELD TESTS................................................................................ 28
MOORED DEPLOYMENT AT MICHIGAN TECH GREAT LAKES RESEARCH CENTER
.......................... 29
MOORED DEPLOYMENT AT CHESAPEAKE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY
........................................ 34
MOORED DEPLOYMENT OFF COCONUT ISLAND IN KANEOHE BAY
,
HAWAII
................................. 39
PROFILING DEPLOYMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES
......................................................................... 45
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL ................................................................. 52
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 56
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 57
MANUFACTURER’S RESPONSE .......................................................................................... 58