Continuous flourescence assessment of organic matter variability on the Bournbrook River, Birmingham, UK

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1937-1946

  Carstea, Elfrida M ^a   Baker, Andy ^b   Pavelescu, Gabriela ^a   Boomen, Ian ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbance; Dissolved organic matter; Fluorescence; Isotope hydrology; Urban rivers

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE; BIRMINGHAM; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MIXED SIGNAL; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; RAINFALL EVENT; RIVER WATER; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; URBAN RIVER; URBAN RIVERS;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; COMBINED SEWERS; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY WATER; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ABSORBANCE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; BOURNBROOK RIVER; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650340213     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7335     Document Type: Article

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