On the sensitivity of a marine dispersion model to parameters describing the transfers of radionuclides between the liquid and solid phases

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 101-115

  Perianez R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Model uncertainty; Modelling; Monte Carlo; Partial correlations; Radionuclides; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTS;

MARINE DISPERSION MODELS; SUSPENDED MATTER;

RADIOACTIVITY;

RADIOISOTOPE;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; DISPERSION; MARINE POLLUTION; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIONUCLIDE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; KINETICS; LIQUID; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SEDIMENT; SOLID; UNITED KINGDOM;

CESIUM; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ENGLISH CHANNEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 18744424082     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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