Critical analysis of commonly used fluorescence metrics to characterize dissolved organic matter

Water Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2014, Pages 327-338

  Korak, Julie A ^a   Dotson, Aaron D ^b   Summers, R Scott ^a   Rosario Ortiz, Fernando L ^a  

^a University of Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic matter; Fluorescence; Fluorescence index; Peak picking

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLUTION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC CARBON;

ANALYSIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FLUORESCENCE INDICES; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; PEAK EMISSION WAVELENGTH; PEAK PICKING;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRITICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERROR ANALYSIS; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE INDEX; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE INDEX; PEAK PICKING;

ALGORITHMS; FLUORESCENCE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84891359221     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.025     Document Type: Article

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