Assessing the Relative Importance of Spatial Variability in Emissions Versus Landscape Properties in Fate Models for Environmental Exposure Assessment of Chemicals

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 577-587

  Hollander, A ^a   Hauck, M ^a   Cousins, I T ^b   Huijbregts, M A J ^a   Pistocchi, A ^c   Ragas, A M J ^a   van de Meent, D ^a,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emissions; Model resolution; Multimedia fate model; POP; SimpleBox; Spatial concentration variation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATE MODEL; MODEL RESOLUTION; SIMPLEBOX; SPATIAL CONCENTRATION;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LAND MARKET; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ACACIA KOA;

EID: 84868645019     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-012-9315-5     Document Type: Article

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