Regional dispersal of Fukushima-derived fission nuclides by east-Asian monsoon: A synthesis and review

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 537-544

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

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosols; Dispersion modeling; Free tropospheric aerosols; Long Range transport; Radioactive aerosol

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; NUCLEAR FUELS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOACTIVITY; TROPOSPHERE;

DISPERSION MODELS; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; FREE TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOL; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA DAI-ICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENTS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS; TRACER MODELING; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; WRF/CHEM;

ISOTOPES;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; BOUNDARY LAYER; DISPERSAL; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONSOON; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; TRACER; TROPOSPHERE; WESTERLY;

JAPAN;

EID: 84874363978     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.08.0223     Document Type: Review

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