Rain scavenging of tritiated water vapour: a numerical Eulerian stationary model

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-52

  Atanassov, D ^a   Galeriu, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Scavenging; Tritiated water (HTO); Tritium; Washout

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CALCULATED VALUES; EULERIAN; EULERIAN MODELS; GAUSSIAN PLUME MODELS; MODEL PARAMETERS; RAINDROP SIZE DISTRIBUTION; RAINFALL RATES; STATIONARY MODELS; TRITIATED WATER; TRITIUM CONCENTRATION; WASHOUT; WASHOUT MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DISPERSIONS; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

TRITIUM;

RAIN; TRITIUM;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; GAUSSIAN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINDROP; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRITIUM; WATER VAPOR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALDOL REACTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DISPERSION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; RAIN; STEAM; TRITIUM;

EID: 78149282339     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2010.09.001     Document Type: Article

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