Gaps in toxic industrial chemical (TIC) model systems

Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis

Volumn 43 PART 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 13-18

  Hanna, Steven ^a   Chang, Joseph ^b  

^a HANNA CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^b Homeland Security Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical removal of chlorine; Chlorine releases from railcars; Dense gas dispersion; Dry deposition; Hazardous gas dispersion; Toxic industrial chemical dispersion

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DISPERSION; DRY DEPOSITION; EMISSION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH RISK; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

EID: 56349159262     PISSN: 13300083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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