Fig. S1. Location of the sampling sites in the EH and JH brooks, with panels a-b showing the Han River basin in South Korea and panels c and d showing the watershed boundary with dashed polygons

Fig.S2EEM contours of fluorescent components identified using PARAFAC

Fig.S3. Correlations between maximum hourly rainfall and ratio of maximum/minimum flow rate for the EH and JH brooks (the ratio of maximum/minimum flow rate is much higher for the JH Brook for three events because of low minimum flow rates)

Fig. S4. Correlations between the DOC concentration and the contribution of groundwater to stream DOM in the EH and JH brooks (the maximum DOC value in the JH Brook was excluded from the regression as an outlier)

Fig.S5. Temporal variations in all quantitative parameters of DOM in the EH Brookduring fourstorm events

Fig.S6. Temporal variations in all quantitative parameters of DOM in the JH Brookduring four storm events

Fig. S7. Hysteresis plots for PARAFAC component C4 with flow rate during four storm events in the EH and JH brooks

Fig. S8.Correlations between (a) ratio of total/baseflow DOC exportand maximum hourly rainfall, and (b) baseflow DOC export and antecedent precipitation for 7 days for the EH and JH brooks

Fig. S9.Temporal changes in THMFP in the EH and JH brooksduringstorm events

Fig. S10.Temporal changes in the contributions of different sources to THMFP in the EH and JH brooksduringstorm events

Table S1. Characteristics of the two watersheds in this study

Watershed / Sampling location / Drainage are (ha) / Mean annual precipitation (mm) / Land cover
EH / 37°47′16.20″N, 127°29′57.10″E / 22.7 / 1587 / Broadleaf forests (65%), mixed forests (27%), and grasslands (8%)
JH / 37°46′3.0″N, 127°50′45.7″E / 293.7 / 1501 / Broadleaf mixed forests (84.5%), larch forests (7.9%), Korea Pine (3.7%), and farmland (0.55%)

Table S2. Spectroscopic properties of four DOM end members for the EH and JH watersheds

S275-295
(nm-1) / SUVA
(L/mg-m) / HIX / BIX / FI / %C1 / %C2 / %C3 / %C4 / %C5
EH
Weeds / Mean / 0.0210 / 0.68 / 0.7 / 0.30 / 1.51 / 7.1 / 6.0 / 22.1 / 45.1 / 19.7
SD / 0.0030 / 0.25 / 0.0 / 0.04 / 0.15 / 3.9 / 2.8 / 5.8 / 10.8 / 4.0
Leaf litter / Mean / 0.0116 / 2.09 / 11.2 / 0.46 / 1.30 / 44.3 / 25.6 / 13.2 / 2.3 / 14.5
SD / 0.0004 / 0.21 / 3.6 / 0.05 / 0.09 / 5.3 / 4.9 / 3.7 / 2.3 / 3.4
Soil / Mean / 0.0097 / 1.74 / 5.8 / 0.64 / 1.24 / 38.9 / 35.7 / 4.6 / 6.8 / 14.0
SD / 0.0013 / 0.90 / 3.3 / 0.18 / 0.12 / 12.2 / 3.8 / 1.7 / 7.4 / 7.2
Groundwater / Mean / 0.0046 / 3.13 / 0.8 / 0.94 / 1.85 / 21.1 / 47.0 / 0.4 / 12.1 / 19.4
SD / 0.0055 / 2.61 / 0.4 / 0.21 / 0.11 / 10.4 / 12.4 / 0.6 / 8.7 / 23.4
JH
Weeds / Mean / 0.0202 / 0.77 / 0.9 / 0.36 / 1.58 / 6.4 / 1.1 / 24.6 / 40.3 / 27.6
SD / 0.0037 / 0.04 / 0.4 / 0.14 / 0.11 / 3.4 / 1.9 / 12.9 / 7.7 / 7.6
Leaf litter / Mean / 0.0106 / 2.39 / 11.1 / 0.52 / 1.21 / 47.1 / 23.0 / 10.6 / 1.3 / 18.0
SD / 0.0045 / 0.71 / 4.0 / 0.03 / 0.08 / 4.5 / 4.8 / 3.0 / 1.8 / 2.5
Soil / Mean / 0.0094 / 1.22 / 5.6 / 0.61 / 1.31 / 39.9 / 35.2 / 5.0 / 6.5 / 13.4
SD / 0.0016 / 0.51 / 2.7 / 0.13 / 0.06 / 7.9 / 2.8 / 0.7 / 3.3 / 5.5
Groundwater / Mean / 0.0313 / 0.84 / 0.6 / 1.31 / 1.62 / 13.1 / 40.5 / 2.3 / 26.6 / 17.6
SD / 0.0051 / 0.91 / 0.2 / 0.19 / 0.18 / 6.8 / 11.7 / 3.4 / 18.5 / 11.1

Table S3. Hydrological conditions for the four events in the EH and JH brooks

Event / Date / Rainfall / Flow rate
Total
(mm) / Maximum
(mm/hr) / AP1a
(mm) / AP7 a
(mm) / Minimum
(m3/hr) / Maximum
(m3/hr) / Maximum/ Minimum
EH
1 / 5.11 / 56.0 / 15.5 / 0 / 4.9 / 37 / 84 / 2.3
2 / 7.23 / 23.5 / 9.5 / 10.5 / 10.8 / 33 / 64 / 1.9
3 / 8.3 / 6.0 / 1.5 / 0.1 / 12.6 / 33 / 61 / 1.8
4 / 8.21 / 91.5 / 51.0 / 1.0 / 32.0 / 35 / 95 / 2.7
JH
1 / 5.11 / 36.0 / 10.5 / 0 / 4.5 / 17 / 89 / 5.4
2 / 7.23 / 36.0 / 19.0 / 8.0 / 8.4 / 11 / 85 / 7.6
3 / 8.3 / 10.0 / 2.0 / 0.1 / 7.1 / 15 / 20 / 1.3
4 / 8.21 / 37.5 / 8.0 / 0.4 / 33.9 / 17 / 62 / 3.6

a AP1 and AP7 are the antecedent precipitation for 1 and 7 days, respectively.

Table S4. Correlations among DOM quantitative parameters and THMFP

DOC / UVA / C1 / C2 / C3 / C4 / C5
UVA / 0.70**
C1 / 0.86** / 0.78**
C2 / 0.80** / 0.74** / 0.94**
C3 / 0.83** / 0.73** / 0.97** / 0.84**
C4 / -0.02 / 0.03 / 0.10 / 0.16 / 0.09
C5 / 0.57** / 0.59** / 0.82** / 0.88** / 0.77** / 0.37*
THMFP / 0.96** / 0.66** / 0.90** / 0.78** / 0.89** / 0.02 / 0.56**

** p < 0.01

* p < 0.05

Table S5. Correlations between the contributions of different end members to stream DOM and the DOM quantity/quality parameters for the EH and JH brooks

EH / JH
%Weeds / %(Leaflitter+soil) / %Groundwater / %Weeds / %(Leaf litter+soil) / %Groundwater
DOC / 0.15 / 0.33* / -0.68** / 0.31 / -0.22 / -0.27
THMFP / 0.15 / 0.47** / -0.77** / 0.42* / -0.35 / -0.17
UVA / -0.23 / 0.58** / -0.60** / -0.07 / 0.18 / -0.28
C1 / -0.20 / 0.61** / -0.69** / 0.03 / 0.03 / -0.18
C2 / -0.19 / 0.47** / -0.48** / 0.01 / 0.02 / -0.06
C3 / -0.26 / 0.68** / -0.74** / 0.07 / 0.05 / -0.34*
C4 / -0.10 / -0.06 / 0.21 / 0.14 / -0.16 / 0.05
C5 / -0.45** / 0.58** / -0.36* / -0.39* / 0.36* / 0.13
SUVA / -0.79** / 0.70** / -0.12 / -0.61** / 0.57** / 0.17
S275-295 / 0.67** / -0.65** / 0.20 / 0.67** / -0.88** / 0.49**
HIX / -0.74** / 0.81** / -0.36* / -0.62** / 0.56** / 0.23
BIX / -0.34* / -0.26 / 0.80** / -0.55** / 0.32* / 0.66**
FI / 0.30 / -0.83** / 0.91** / 0.35* / -0.42** / 0.15
%C1 / 0.43** / 0.00 / -0.51** / 0.32 / -0.22 / -0.29
%C2 / 0.43** / -0.84** / 0.77** / 0.20 / -0.27 / 0.17
%C3 / -0.16 / 0.67** / -0.83** / 0.25 / -0.05 / -0.55**
%C4 / 0.09 / -0.33* / 0.40* / 0.19 / -0.20 / 0.01
%C5 / -0.71** / 0.53** / 0.04 / -0.74** / 0.66** / 0.31

** p < 0.01

* p < 0.05

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