Table IV-1. Requirements for intercalibration exercise.

Parameter Units Acceptable Range
Temperature °C +/- 0.01 °C
Salinity Practical salinity scale (pss) +/- 0.01 pss
Dissolved Oxygen mg/l +/- 0.15 mg/l
pH +/- 0.1
Beam transmission (660 nm) % for 25 cm pathlength +/- 0.5 %
Chlorophyll fluorescence µg/l +/- 0.1µg/l
Pressure decibars (dbar) +/- 0.5 dbar