Inverse estimation of source parameters of oceanic radioactivity dispersion models associated with the Fukushima accident

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2349-2363

  Miyazawa, Y ^a   Masumoto, Y ^a   Varlamov, S M ^a   Miyama, T ^a   Takigawa, M ^a   Honda, M ^a   Saino, T ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM; DISPERSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GREEN FUNCTION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SIMULATION;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84879107073     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-2349-2013     Document Type: Article

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