Radioactivity from Fukushima Dai-ichi in air over Europe; part 1: Spatio-temporal analysis

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 114, Issue , 2012, Pages 22-34

  Bossew, P ^a   Kirchner, G ^a   De Cort, M ^b   de Vries, G ^b   Nishev, A ^b   de Felice, L ^b  

^a BUNDESAMT FÜR STRAHLENSCHUTZ   (Germany)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity concentration in air; Data harmonization; Fukushima accident; Spatio temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; DATA HARMONIZATION; DATA SETS; HEALTH CONCERNS; HETEROGENEOUS DATASETS; NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; RADIONUCLIDE CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL LIMITATIONS; TEST TOOLS;

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOLOGY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

IODINE 131;

AIR MASS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IODINE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; JAPAN; PROBABILITY; RADIOACTIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CHILD; EUROPE; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; JAPAN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND;

EUROPE;

EID: 84866599570     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.11.019     Document Type: Article

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