Influence of Asian outflow on Rishiri Island, northernmost Japan: Application of radon as a tracer for characterizing fetch regions and evaluating a global 3D model

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 50, Issue , 2012, Pages 174-181

  Zhu, Chunmao ^a   Yoshikawa Inoue, Hisayuki ^a   Matsueda, Hidekadzu ^b   Sawa, Yosuke ^b   Niwa, Yosuke ^b   Wada, Akira ^c   Tanimoto, Hiroshi ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c METEOROLOGICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian outflow; Back trajectory analysis; Fetch regions; Model evaluation; Radon 222

Indexed keywords

ASIAN OUTFLOW; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; FETCH REGIONS; MODEL EVALUATION; RADON-222;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ICE; RADON; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RADON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; FETCH; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MARITIME BOUNDARY; MODEL VALIDATION; RADON ISOTOPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACER; TRAJECTORY; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHEMICAL SINK; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENHOUSE GAS; JAPAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIMULATION; SOUTH KOREA; SUMMER;

BERING SEA; CHINA; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; RISHIRI ISLAND; SEA OF OKHOTSK; SIBERIA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84856631326     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.12.043     Document Type: Article

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