Performance Verification Statement for the Satlantic SeaFET pH Sensor

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Ref. No. [UMCES] CBL 2015-012
ACT VS15-05
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................3
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES ...........................................................................5
INSTRUMENT TECHNOLOGY TESTED ....................................................................6
PH SCALES.................................................................................................................7
SUMMARY OF VERIFICATION PROTOCOLS ...........................................................8
ANALYSIS OF REFERENCE SAMPLES ............................................................................................ 8
LABORATORY TESTS.................................................................................................................... 9
FIELD TESTS .............................................................................................................................. 10
RESULTS OF LABORATORY TEST .........................................................................15
RESULTS OF MOORED FIELD TESTS.....................................................................18
QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL ........................................................41
QUALITY CONTROL SAMPLES...................................................................................................... 41
EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL ASSESSMENTS ................................ 44
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................46
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .........................................................................................48
APPENDIX I..............................................................................................................49