Numerical study and prediction of nuclear contaminant transport from Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in the North Pacific Ocean

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 3518-3524

  Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, ZhaoYi ^a   Zhu, XueMing ^a   Wang, DaKui ^a   Liu, GuiMei ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL FORECASTING CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

137Cs; nuclear contaminants; prediction; regional ocean model; transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865826216     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5171-6     Document Type: Article

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