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OAS insttype Detail for optical backscatter sensor
| insttypes_id: | 262 |
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| Term: | optical backscatter sensor |
| Description: | optical sensor for measuring turbidity and suspended solids concentrations |
| Definition: | The OBS is an optical sensor for measuring turbidity and suspended solids concentrations by detecting infra-red light scattered from suspended matter. The response of the OBS sensors strongly depends on the size, composition and shape of the suspended particles. [https://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Optical_backscatter_point_sensor_(OBS), accessed 2023-09-11] |
| Context: | oceanography |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2023-09-11 12:49:35+00 |
| Editdate: | 2023-09-11 12:49:35+00 |