Fukushima-derived fission nuclides monitored around Taiwan: Free tropospheric versus boundary layer transport

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 9-14

  Huh, Chih An ^a   Hsu, Shih Chieh ^b   Lin, Chuan Yao ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Cesium 134; Cesium 137; Free troposphere; Fukushima; Iodine 131

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; CESIUM-134; FREE TROPOSPHERE; FUKUSHIMA; IODINE-131;

BOUNDARY LAYERS; FISSION PRODUCTS; IODINE; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; TIME SERIES; TROPOSPHERE;

CESIUM;

ARRIVAL TIME; BOUNDARY LAYER; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; IODINE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIONUCLIDE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE; WIND FORCING;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; TAIWAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84862776833     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.12.004     Document Type: Article

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