Evaluation of specific ultraviolet absorbance as an indicator of the chemical composition and reactivity of dissolved organic carbon

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4702-4708

  Weishaar, James L ^a   Aiken, George R ^a   Bergamaschi, Brian A ^a   Fram, Miranda S ^a   Fujii, Roger ^a   Mopper, Kenneth ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; LIGHT ABSORPTION; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBANCE;

WATER;

CHLORINE; FERRIC ION; IRON; LAKE WATER; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVER WATER; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT; PH; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IRON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0142059134     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es030360x     Document Type: Article

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