Inter- and intra-continental transport of radioactive cesium released by boreal forest fires

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Wotawa, Gerhard ^a   De Geer, L E ^a   Becker, A ^a   D'Amours, R ^b   Jean, M ^b   Servranckx, R ^b   Ungar, K ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIRES; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BOREAL FOREST FIRES; RADIOACTIVE CESIUM; RECEPTOR-ORIENTED ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT MODELING;

CESIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CESIUM; COMBUSTION; FOREST FIRE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION;

CESIUM; COMBUSTION; EMISSION; FOREST FIRES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; YELLOWKNIFE;

EID: 33750611148     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026206     Document Type: Article

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