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    Performance Verification Statement for the Chelsea UviLux Hydrocarbon and CDOM Fluorometers
    (2012-12) Alliance for Coastal Technologies; Johengen, Thomas; Smith, G. Jason; Purcell, Heidi; Loranger, Scott; Gilbert, Sheryl; Maurer, T.; Gundersen, Kjell; Robertson, Charles; Tamburri, Mario
    ACT verifications are based on an evaluation of technology performance under specific, agreed- upon protocols, criteria, and quality assurance procedures. ACT and its Partner Institutions do not certify that a technology will always operate as verified and make no expressed or implied guarantee as to the performance of the technology or that a technology will always, or under circumstances other than those used in testing, operate at the levels verified. ACT does not seek to determine regulatory compliance; does not rank technologies nor compare their performance; does not label or list technologies as acceptable or unacceptable; and does not seek to determine “best available technology” in any form. The end user is solely responsible for complying with any and all applicable federal, state, and local requirements. This document has been peer reviewed by ACT Partner Institutions and a technology-specific advisory committee and was recommended for public release. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by ACT for use.
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    Performance Verification Statement for the Chelsea UV Aquatracka Hydrocarbon Fluorometer
    (2012-12) Alliance for Coastal Technologies; Johengen, Thomas; Smith, G. Jason; Purcell, Heidi; Loranger, Scott; Gilbert, Sherryl; Maurer, T.; Gundersen, Kjell; Robertson, Charles; Tamburri, Mario
    ACT verifications are based on an evaluation of technology performance under specific, agreed- upon protocols, criteria, and quality assurance procedures. ACT and its Partner Institutions do not certify that a technology will always operate as verified and make no expressed or implied guarantee as to the performance of the technology or that a technology will always, or under circumstances other than those used in testing, operate at the levels verified. ACT does not seek to determine regulatory compliance; does not rank technologies nor compare their performance; does not label or list technologies as acceptable or unacceptable; and does not seek to determine “best available technology” in any form. The end user is solely responsible for complying with any and all applicable federal, state, and local requirements. This document has been peer reviewed by ACT Partner Institutions and a technology-specific advisory committee and was recommended for public release. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by ACT for use.
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    Alliance for Coastal Technologies: Advancing Moored pCO2 Instruments in Coastal Waters
    (2011) Tamburri, Mario N.; Johengen, Thomas H.; Atkinson, Marlin J.; Schar, Daniel W.H.; Robertson, Charles Y.; Purcell, Heidi; Smith, G. Jason; Pinchuk, Alexei; Buckley, Earle
    The Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) has been established to support innovation and to provide the information required to select the most appropriate tools for studying and monitoring coastal and ocean environments. ACT is a consortium of nationally prominent ocean science and technology institutions and experts who provide credible performance data of these technologies through third-party, objective testing. ACT technology verifications include laboratory and field tests over short- and long-term deployments of commercial technologies in diverse environments to provide unequivocal, unbiased confirmation that technologies meet key performance requirements. ACT demonstrations of new technologies validate the technology concept and help eliminate performance problems before operational introduction. ACT’s most recent demonstration of pCO2 sensors is an example of how ACT advances the evolution of ocean observing technologies, in this case to address the critical issue of ocean acidification, and promotes more informed decision making on technology capabilities and choices.
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    Performance Demonstration Statement for Pro-Oceanus Systems Inc. PSI CO2-Pro
    (2010) Schar, Daniel W. H.; Atkinson, Marlin J.; Johengen, Thomas H.; Pinchuk, Alexei; Purcell, Heidi; Robertson, Charles Y.; Smith, G. Jason; Tamburri, Mario N.
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    USE OF, SATISFACTION WITH, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR IN SITU HYDROCARBON SENSORS
    (2011) Bergamashi, Brian; Boss, Emmanuel; Cobble, Paula; Gundersen, Kjell; Kepkay, Paul; Pegau, Scott; Woods, Michelle
    The fundamental goal of this survey was to assess user needs and applications and to provide the focus for an Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT, www.act-us.info) Technology Verification of hydrocarbon sensors. The Customer Needs and Use Assessment strives to better understand how hydrocarbon sensors are used, and not to promote a specific approach to recording/reporting hydrocarbon values. We hope this information can also assist manufacturers in refining hydrocarbon sensor technologies to better address user priorities.
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    WAVES MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS TEST AND EVALUATION PROTOCOLS IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL OPERATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATION PLAN
    (2012) Alliance for Coastal Technologies
    In 2009, the Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT) supported the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS), NOAA National Data Buoy Center (NDBC) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in developing community consensus on a plan for a comprehensive, high quality surface-wave monitoring network for the United States, entitledA National Operational Wave Observation Plan. The national system of surface wave observations proposed by this plan will increase the wave observation spatial coverage along and across the US coasts and will serve as a stimulus for wave modeling activities in verification /validation improvements, data fusion and assimilation. This plan (IOOS, 2009) divides the US coastline into seven primary geographic regions and four along-coast observational sub-nets (Offshore, Outer-Shelf, InnerShelf, and Coastal Subnets). The plan focuses on real-time, in situ, directional wave sensors required to create a robust backbone across these four regions. It was further recognized by this Plan that as waves move from offshore to the beach the observational technology changes, as does the accuracy requirements of the sensors employed and the range of user applications.
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    USE OF, SATISFACTION WITH, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR IN SITU pH SENSORS
    (2012) Byrne, Robert; Dickson, Andrew; Hales, Burke; McLean, Scott; Pratt, Kenneth; Sabine, Chris; Alin, Simone; Wanninkhof, Rik
    The fundamental goal of this survey was to assess user needs and applications and to provide the focus for an Alliance for Coastal Technologies (ACT, www.act-us.info) Technology Verification of in situ pH sensors. The Customer Needs and Use Assessment strives to better understand how pH sensors are used. We hope this information can also assist manufacturers in refining pH sensor technologies to better address user priorities.