Validation of the operational emergency response model at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute using data from ETEX and the chernobyl accident

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 4325-4333

  Langner, J ^a   Robertson, L ^a   Persson, C ^a   Ullerstig, A ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Long range transport; Model validation; Nuclear accidents

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TRACER TRANSPORT MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIMULATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032404058     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00175-7     Document Type: Article

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