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Overview

Colin A. Stedmon is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with significant work published in overlapping subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, and Pollution.

The scientist's main topics of study include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Colin A. Stedmon has contributed to numerous academic papers, addressing various environmental and geophysical research topics. Notable recent publications include:

  • Classification and Quantification of Microplastics (<100 μm) Using a Focal Plane Array-Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging System and Machine Learning, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • The Transpolar Drift as a Source of Riverine and Shelf-Derived Trace Elements to the Central Arctic Ocean, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Identifying Drivers of Seasonality in Lena River Biogeochemistry and Dissolved Organic Matter Fluxes, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Glacial meltwater determines the balance between autotrophic and heterotrophic processes in a Greenland fjord, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Origin and fate of dissolved organic matter in four shallow Baltic Sea estuaries, 2020, Biogeochemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers in their field. Regular co-authors include:

  • Mats A. Granskog
  • Mikael K. Sejr
  • Lorenz Meire
  • Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo
  • Rainer M. W. Amon

Publication venues where Colin A. Stedmon has often published their work include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Frontiers for Young Minds
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • Characterizing dissolved organic matter fluorescence with parallel factor analysis: a tutorial

    Colin A. Stedmon;Rasmus Bro

  • Tracing dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments using a new approach to fluorescence spectroscopy

    Colin A Stedmon;Stiig Markager;Rasmus Bro

  • Fluorescence spectroscopy and multi-way techniques. PARAFAC

    Kathleen R. Murphy;Colin A. Stedmon;Daniel Graeber;Rasmus Bro

  • Resolving the variability in dissolved organic matter fluorescence in a temperate estuary and its catchment using PARAFAC analysis

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager

  • Fluorescence Intensity Calibration Using the Raman Scatter Peak of Water

    A.J. Lawaetz;Colin Stedmon

  • OpenFluor- an online spectral library of auto-fluorescence by organic compounds in the environment

    Kathleen R. Murphy;Colin A. Stedmon;Philip Wenig;Rasmus Bro

  • Characterizing dissolved organic matter fluorescence with parallel factor analysis: a tutorial: Fluorescence-PARAFAC analysis of DOM

    Colin A. Stedmon;Rasmus Bro

  • Distinguishing between terrestrial and autochthonous organic matter sources in marine environments using fluorescence spectroscopy

    Kathleen R. Murphy;Kathleen R. Murphy;Colin A. Stedmon;T. David Waite;Gregory M. Ruiz

  • A critical assessment of visual identification of marine microplastic using Raman spectroscopy for analysis improvement.

    Robin Lenz;Kristina Enders;Colin A. Stedmon;David M.A. Mackenzie

  • Measurement of Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorescence in Aquatic Environments: An Interlaboratory Comparison

    Kathleen R. Murphy;Kenna D. Butler;Robert G. M. Spencer;Colin A. Stedmon

  • Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥10μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution.

    Kristina Enders;Robin Lenz;Colin A. Stedmon;Torkel Gissel Nielsen

  • Tracing the production and degradation of autochthonous fractions of dissolved organic matter by fluorescence analysis

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager

  • Experimental insights into the importance of aquatic bacterial community composition to the degradation of dissolved organic matter.

    Jürg Brendan Logue;Colin A Stedmon;Anne M Kellerman;Nikoline J Nielsen

  • Optical properties and signatures of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in Danish coastal waters

    Colin A. Stedmon;S. Markager;H. Kaas

  • Handling of Rayleigh and Raman scatter for PARAFAC modeling of fluorescence data using interpolation

    Morteza Bahram;Rasmus Bro;Colin A. Stedmon;Abbas Afkhami

  • Controls of dissolved organic matter quality: Evidence from a large-scale boreal lake survey

    Dolly N. Kothawala;Colin A. Stedmon;Roger A. Müller;Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer

  • Global trends in the fluorescence characteristics and distribution of marine dissolved organic matter

    Linda Jørgensen;Linda Jørgensen;Colin A. Stedmon;Theis Kragh;Stiig Markager

  • Photochemical production of ammonium and transformation of dissolved organic matter in the Baltic Sea

    Colin A. Stedmon;Stiig Markager;Lars Tranvik;Leif Kronberg

  • Inner filter correction of dissolved organic matter fluorescence

    Dolly N. Kothawala;Kathleen R. Murphy;Colin A. Stedmon;Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer

  • Dissolved organic matter sources in large Arctic rivers

    R. M. W. Amon;A. J. Rinehart;S. Duan;P. Louchouarn

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Thomas
David N. Thomas University of Helsinki
Mats A. Granskog
Mats A. Granskog Norwegian Polar Institute
Stiig Markager
Stiig Markager Aarhus University
Gerhard Dieckmann
Gerhard Dieckmann Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Astrid Bracher
Astrid Bracher University of Bremen
Rasmus Bro
Rasmus Bro University of Copenhagen
Mathias Middelboe
Mathias Middelboe University of Copenhagen
Mikael K. Sejr
Mikael K. Sejr Aarhus University
Rainer M. W. Amon
Rainer M. W. Amon Texas A&M University
Erik Arvin
Erik Arvin Technical University of Denmark

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