Freshwater DOM quantity and quality from a two-component model of UV absorbance

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 4532-4542

  Carter, Heather T ^a   Tipping, Edward ^a   Koprivnjak, Jean Francois ^b   Miller, Matthew P ^c   Cookson, Brenda ^a   Hamilton Taylor, John ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Dissolved organic matter; Model; UV absorbance

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHROMOPHORES; DISSOLUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FRESH WATER; SPECTRA'S; TWO-COMPONENT; TWO-COMPONENT MODEL; UV ABSORBANCE; UV-LIGHT; WATER SAMPLES;

ABSORBANCE;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HYDROPHOBICITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER QUANTITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863552721     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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