Ref. No. [UMCES]CBL 2013-018
ACT VS12-04
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
.................................................................................................................... 7
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 ........................................................................................ 16
RESULTS OF MOORED FIELD TEST.................................................................................. 23
RESULTS OF VERTICAL PROFILING FIELD TEST ....................................................... 29
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL ................................................................. 38
Q
UALITY
C
ONTROL
S
AMPLES
.................................................................................................... 38
A
UDITS
...................................................................................................................................... 40
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................ 41
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................... 42
APPENDIX 1............................................................................................................................... 43
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