the Acoustic Soundscape making progress and quality Jukka Pajala - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Jukka Pajala Copenhagen, 30 September 2015

Baltic sea Information on the Acoustic Soundscape

making progress and quality

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Action B.10 Quality assurance

The value of the data produced depends on how it can be used by OTHERS!

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Principal elements of Quality Assurance

B.10 Quality assurance

1. A knowledge of the purpose of the investigation is essential to establish the required data quality. 2. Provision and optimization of appropriate facilities and equipment. 3. Selection and training of staff for the task in question. 4. Use of suitable procedures. 5. Validation of appropriate methods to ensure that measurements are of the required quality (?) to meet the needs of the investigations. 6. Conduct of regular intralaboratory checks on the accuracy of routine measurements. 7. Participation in interlaboratory quality assessments to provide an independent assessment of capability of producing reliable measurements, ring-tests, training courses. 8. The preparation and use of written instructions and protocols, so that specific data can be traced to the relevant raw data and vice versa.

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QA guiding…

POST ASSURANCE

• PROCESS CHECK

AGREEMENT OF STANDARDS AND PROCEDUREMENTS FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES

HYDROPHONE REQUIREMENTS ANCHORAGE ARRANGEMENT MEASURING LOCATIONS (XYZ) DATA LOGGING DATA ANALYSIS DATA STORAGE SOUND MODEL

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Keterminde 6-8 May 2014

Standards and protocols

…to be finalised.

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Samples, test 1 and test 2

First ring test

First ring test

Second ring test

Calibration of hydrophone loggers

Calibration of hydrophone loggers

Calibration of hydrophone loggers

In water

(Field)Calibration of hydrophone loggers ITAP, Germany

In air

In air

(Field)Calibration of hydrophone loggers

Thank you!