Simulation of the dispersion of nuclear contamination using an adaptive Eulerian grid model

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 59-82

  Lagzi, I ^a   Karman D ^a   Turanyi T ^a   Tomlin, A S ^b   Haszpra, L ^c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute for Atmospheric Physics Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Accidental release; Adaptive grid; Dispersion of nuclear contamination; Eulerian model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAMINATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINES; URANIUM;

EULERIAN MODEL; NUCLEAR CONTAMINATIONS;

RADIOACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUNGARY; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 2442511056     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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