Page 2 - Performance Verification Statement for the Chelsea UV Aquatracka Fluorometer

Ref. No. [UMCES]CBL 2013-014
ACT VS12-01
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 3
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................... 4
INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY TESTED............................................................................... 4
SUMMARY OF VERIFICATION PROTOCOLS.................................................................... 5
ANALYSIS OF REFERENCE SAMPLES ............................................................................................ 6
LABORATORY TESTS .................................................................................................................... 7
FIELD TESTS ................................................................................................................................ 9
ANCILLARY IN SITU E NVIRONMENTAL DATA ............................................................................ 10
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL ............................................................................... 10
RESULTS OF LABORATORY TEST..................................................................................... 11
RESULTS OF WAVE TANK TEST ........................................................................................ 17
RESULTS OF MOORED FIELD TEST.................................................................................. 24
RESULTS OF VERTICAL PROFILING FIELD TEST ....................................................... 30
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL ................................................................. 39
QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLES .................................................................................................... 39
AUDITS ...................................................................................................................................... 41
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 42
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 43
APPENDIX 1............................................................................................................................... 44
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