Prediction of overall persistence and long-range transport potential with multimedia fate models: Robustness and sensitivity of results

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 189-204

  Fenner, Kathrin ^a   Scheringer, Martin ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Chemicals assessment; Monte Carlo analysis; Ranking; Relative uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MULTIMEDIA FATE MODELS; SUBSTANCE BEHAVIOR;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MULTIMEDIA; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MULTIMEDIA; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREDICTION;

EID: 0345118920     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2003.08.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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