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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 54, Issue 11, Pages 6671-6681Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00344
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- State of Minnesota's Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund (ENRTF)
- National Science Foundation [CBET-1510332]
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Absorption of solar radiation by colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in surface waters results in the formation of photochemically produced reactive intermediates (PPRIs) that react with pollutants in water. Knowing the steady-state concentrations of PPRIs ([PPRI](ss)) is critical to predicting the persistence of pollutants in sunlit surface waters. CDOM levels (a(440)) can be measured remotely for lakes over large areas using satellite imagery. Laboratory measurements of [PPRI](ss) as and apparent quantum yields (Phi) of three PPRIs ((DOM)-D-3*, O-1(2), and center dot OH) were made for 24 lake samples under simulated sunlight. The total rate of light absorption by the water samples (R-a), the rates of formation (R-f), and [PPRI](ss) of (DOM)-D-3* and( 1)O(2) linearly increased with increasing a(440). The production rate of center dot OH was linearly correlated with a(440), but the steady-state concentration was best fit by a logarithmic function. The relationship between measured a(440) and Landsat 8 reflectance was used to map a(440) for more than 10000 lakes across Minnesota. Relationships of a(440) with R-f, [PPRIs](ss), and R-a were coupled with satellite-based a(440) assessments to map reactive species production rates and concentrations as well as contaminant transformation rates. This study demonstrates the potential for using satellite imagery for estimating contaminant loss via indirect photolysis in lakes.
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