Formula for the resuspension factor and estimation of the date of surface contamination

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 25, 2003, Pages 3475-3480

  Hatano, Y ^a   Hatano, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fractal; Ground surface pollution; Resuspension; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; WIND TUNNELS;

POLLUTANTS; RESUSPENSION FACTORS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESUSPENSION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4;

EID: 0038355081     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00410-2     Document Type: Article

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