Watershed DOC uptake occurs mostly in lakes in the summer and in rivers in the winter: The CUPS-OF-DOC model

River networks transport dissolved organic carbon (DOC) from terrestrial uplands to the coastal ocean. The extent to which a reach or lake within a river network uptakes DOC depends on the stream order, the seasonal conditions, and the flow. At the watershed scale, it remains unclear whether DOC uptake is dominated by biological processes such as respiration, or abiotic processes like photomineralization. The partitioning of DOC uptake in lakes versus rivers is also unclear. In this study, we present a new model that unifies year-round controls on DOC cycling for an entire river network, including river-lake connectivity, to elucidate the importance of biotic vs. abiotic controls on DOC uptake. We present the Catchment Uptake and Sinks by Season, Order, and Flow for DOC (CUPS-OF-DOC) model, which quantifies terrestrial DOC loading, gross primary productivity (GPP), and uptake via microbes and photomineralization. The model is applied to the Connecticut River Watershed and accounts for c..., This data contains code and output from the CUPS-OF-DOC model. Please refer to the 2023 publication by the same name in Limnology & Oceanography for complete methods, doi: 10.1002/lno.12306., Please see the READ_ME file for instructions on how to run this code.