Contribution of saharan dust on radionuclide aerosol activity levels in Europe? The 21-22 february 2004 case study

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Menut, Laurent ^c   Masson, Olivier ^b   Bessagnet, Bertrand ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); RADIOISOTOPES; SIMULATORS;

ACTIVITY LEVELS; AIR MASS; DUST AEROSOLS; DUST EMISSION; DUST EVENT; LARGE REGIONS; MAGHREB; NORTH AFRICA; NUCLEAR TESTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIONUCLIDE CONTENT; SAHARAN DUST; TRANSPORT MODELS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; CESIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; RADIONUCLIDE; SIMULATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71949093621     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011767     Document Type: Article

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