Assessment of potential atmospheric transport and deposition patterns due to Russian pacific fleet operations

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 101, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 261-287

  Mahura, A G ^a,b,c   Baklanov, A A ^b   Sorensen J H ^b   Parker, F L ^a,d   Novikov, V ^a,e   Brown, K ^a   Compton, K L ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric trajectory and dispersion modelling; Impact; Indicators; Nuclear risk site

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; PROBABILITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RISKS; TRAJECTORIES; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; ISENTROPIC TRAJECTORY MODEL; NUCLEAR RISK SITES; TRAJECTORY MODELING;

ATMOSPHERICS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAJECTORY;

AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; JAPAN; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PROBABILITY; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOACTIVITY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; USSR; WET DEPOSITION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 14944368639     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-0295-7     Document Type: Article

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