Quantitative comparison of models of 137Cs cycling in forest ecosystems

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-279

  Goor, F ^a   Avila, R ^b  

^a Ctr d'Etud l'Energie Nucleaire   (Belgium)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chernobyl; Forest ecosystems; Modeling; Pinus sylvestris; Radiocesium

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

ACUTE DRY DEPOSITION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

COMPUTER PROGRAMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTS; FORESTRY; SIMULATION; SOIL;

CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; FUNGI; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037281747     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-8152(02)00075-0     Document Type: Article

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