Parameter: Turbidity

Dataset: 
Global Bleaching and Environmental Data
Parameter: 
turbidity
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 turbidity
Short Description:
 turbidity
Official Name:
 turbidity
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

Turbidity is the cloudiness or haziness of a fluid caused by individual particles

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
Turbidity
Supplied Units: 
reciprocal meters (m-1)
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
Kd490 with a 100-km buffer. Turbidity was considered to be positively related to the diffuse attenuation coefficient of light at the 490 nm wavelength (Kd490), or the rate at which light at 490 nm is attenuated with depth. For example, a Kd490 value of 0.1 m?1 means that light intensity is reduced by one natural-log value within 10 m of water. High values of Kd490, therefore, represent high attenuation and hence high turbidity.