GIS supported calculations of 137Cs deposition in Sweden based on precipitation data

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 804-813

  Almgren, Sara ^a   Nilsson, Elisabeth ^a   Erlandsson, Bengt ^b   Isaksson, Mats ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caesium; Chernobyl; Deposition; GIS; NWF; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DEPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

CAESIUM; CHERNOBYL; NUCLEAR WEAPONS FALLOUT (NWF); SOIL SAMPLES;

RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS;

CESIUM 137; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

CESIUM; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; DATA ACQUISITION; DENSITY; GIS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SWEDEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NUCLEAR WARFARE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RAIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746718716     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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