Oceanic general circulation model for the assessment of the distribution of 137Cs in the world ocean

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 17-21, 2003, Pages 2803-2816

  Nakano, Masanao ^a,b   Povinec, Pavel P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER;

NUCLEAR TESTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; GLOBAL OCEAN; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SEAWATER;

EID: 0141706842     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00149-8     Document Type: Article

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