Ref. No. [UMCES]CBL 2013-015
ACT VS12-02
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................... 3
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ....................................................................................... 4
INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY TESTED............................................................................... 4
SUMMARY OF VERIFICATION PROTOCOLS.................................................................... 5
A
NALYSIS OF
R
EFERENCE
S
AMPLES
............................................................................................ 6
L
ABORATORY
T
ESTS
.................................................................................................................... 8
F
IELD
T
ESTS
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A
NCILLARY
I
N
S
ITU
E
NVIRONMENTAL
D
ATA
............................................................................ 10
Q
UALITY
A
SSURANCE
/Q
UALITY
C
ONTROL
................................................................................ 10
RESULTS OF LABORATORY TEST..................................................................................... 11
RESULTS OF WAVE TANK TEST ........................................................................................ 18
RESULTS OF MOORED FIELD TEST.................................................................................. 28
RESULTS OF VERTICAL PROFILING FIELD TEST ....................................................... 36
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL ................................................................. 51
Q
UALITY
C
ONTROL
S
AMPLES
.................................................................................................... 51
A
UDITS
...................................................................................................................................... 53
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 54
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 55
APPENDIX 1............................................................................................................................... 56
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