Influence of the large grid size used in a multimedia mass balance model (POPsME) on the exposure assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5231-5236

  Lee, Yunah ^a   Cho, Gyutak ^b   Dong, Soo Lee ^a   Jee, Yoon Lee ^a   Yoon, Kwan Kim ^a   Dong, Won Kim ^a   Su, Jin Kim ^a   Kim, Kyungmin ^a   Jang, Gilho ^a   Choi, Seungpil ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Environmental Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRID COMPUTING; MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

MULTIMEDIA MASS BALANCE MODEL; NEIGHBORING AREA;

MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; FORECASTING;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRID COMPUTING; MONITORING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS;

DIBENZOFURAN; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIMEDIA; PCDD; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; PREDICTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION; SOUTH KOREA;

AIR; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIMEDIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

CONCENTRATION GRADIENTS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FATE AND TRANSPORT; GRID SIZE; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LOSS RATES; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MODEL DOMAINS; MONITORING SITES; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SOURCE AREA;

EID: 34547670384     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070222y     Document Type: Article

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