Numerical simulation of 137Cs and 239,240Pu concentrations by an ocean general circulation model

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 61-84

  Tsumune, Daisuke ^a   Aoyama, Michio ^b   Hirose, Katsumi ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cesium(137Cs); Distribution in the ocean; Global fallout; Numerical simulation; Ocean General Circulation Model (OGCM); Ocean mixed layer; Plutonium(239,240Pu)

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIFFUSION; MARINE POLLUTION; PLUTONIUM; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOISOTOPES; SCAVENGING;

NUCLEAR WEAPONS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

CESIUM 137; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; SEA WATER; CESIUM; PLUTONIUM;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ADVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATOMIC BOMB; CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; FALLOUT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WATER ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLUTONIUM; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0038049903     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0265-931X(03)00087-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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