Sensitivity analysis on parameters and processes affecting vapor intrusion risk

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1042-1052

  Picone, Sara ^a   Valstar, Johan ^b   van Gaans, Pauline ^b   Grotenhuis, Tim ^a   Rijnaarts, Huub ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Dynamic processes; Modeling; Vapor intrusion; Variable soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; ATTENUATION FACTORS; CHARACTERISTIC TIME; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTROLLING MECHANISM; CRITICAL PARAMETER; DYNAMIC PROCESS; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS PHASE DIFFUSION; KEY PROCESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SOIL WATER; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; UNSATURATED ZONE; VAPOR INTRUSION; VERTICAL VARIATION; WATER TABLES; WATER-FILLED PORES;

BIODEGRADATION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; GROUNDWATER; MICROBIOLOGY; MODELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; VAPORS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

SOIL WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIODEGRADATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; INDOOR AIR; NATURAL ATTENUATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; OXIC CONDITIONS; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL GAS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; VENTILATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER TABLE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; VAPOR;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DIFFUSION; GASES; GROUNDWATER; HOUSING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RISK; SOIL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84859838274     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1798     Document Type: Article

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