Modelling the global atmospheric transport and deposition of radionuclides from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1425-1438

  Christoudias, T ^a   Lelieveld, J ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; NOBLE GAS; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RADIONUCLIDE;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84873554366     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-1425-2013     Document Type: Article

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