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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-157-2019
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Research article
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22 Jan 2019
Research article |
| 22 Jan 2019
| 22 Jan 2019
The optical characteristics and sources of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in seasonal snow of northwestern China
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education,
College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education,
College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Jun Liu
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education,
College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education,
College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
Key Laboratory for Semi-Arid Climate Change of the Ministry of Education,
College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Short summary
We first investigated the optical characteristics and potential sources of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in seasonal snow over northwestern China. The abundance of CDOM showed regional variation. At some sites strongly influenced by local soil, the absorption of CDOM cannot be neglected compared to black carbon. We found two humic-like and one protein-like fluorophores in snow. The major sources of snow CDOM were soil, biomass burning, and anthropogenic pollution.
We first investigated the optical characteristics and potential sources of chromophoric...
