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Nephelometric Turbidity (TUR)
DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.
RDF: tur.ttl
- Name
nephelometricTurbidity- Datatype
- Real
- Definition
- The cloudiness or haziness of a volume of solution as determined by its degree of light scattering.
- Description
- Turbidity is caused by suspended solids that are generally invisible to the naked eye, for example: suspended clay, silt, organic and inorganic matter, and plankton and other microorganisms. The units of turbidity from a calibrated nephelometer (based on the scattering of a focused beam of light) are called Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU).
- Accepted
- 2013-10-18
- Defined by
- DFDD
- Physical quantity
- pureNumber
- Recommended unit
- Unitless
- Used by
- ZI024 Water Resource Information
Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.