Hi Jonathan,
Turbidity is a measure of water clarity, the degree to which light entering
a column of water is scattered by suspended solids. Suspended solids
include things such as mud, algae, plant/animal material, and fecal matter.
Factors contributing to water turbidity include soil erosion, elevated
nutrient inputs, and waste discharge.
Thanks,
John
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:05:38 +1100
From: Jonathan Gregory <j.m.gregory at reading.ac.uk>
To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
Subject: [CF-metadata] sea_water_turbidity?
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Dear John
Thanks for the suggestion. Please could you provide a definition for this
quantity?
Cheers
Jonathan
----- Forwarded message from John Maurer <jmaurer at hawaii.edu> -----
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:52:11 -1000
> From: John Maurer <jmaurer at hawaii.edu>
> To: cf-metadata at cgd.ucar.edu
> Subject: [CF-metadata] sea_water_turbidity?
>
> Dear CF-Metadata,
> I would propose the addition of "sea_water_turbidity" to the CF Standard
> Names. This has units of NTU (Nephelometric Turbidity Units), which would
> be represented in UDUNITS as "1e-3" (similar to how sea_water_salinity is
> in PSS (or PSU) and commonly represented as 1e-3).
> Thanks,
> John Maurer
> Data System Administrator
> Pacific Islands Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)
> University of Hawaii at Manoa
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