ETEX: A European tracer experiment; observations, dispersion modelling and emergency response

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4089-4094

  Van Dop, H ^a   Addis, R ^b   Fraser, G ⁱ   Girardi, F ^c   Graziani, G ^c   Inoue, Y ^d   Kelly, N ^e   Klug, W ^f   Kulmala, A ^g   Nodop, K ^d   Pretel, J ^h  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SAVANNAH RIVER NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^e CEC   (Belgium)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^g WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FLUOROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; SAMPLING;

PERFLUOROCARBON TRACERS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

FLUOROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRACER;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; DATA BASE; FRANCE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; REVIEW;

(NORTH); EUROPE;

EID: 0032404056     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1352-2310(98)00248-9     Document Type: Review

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