Surface pathway of radioactive plume of TEPCO Fukushima NPP1 released 134Cs and 137Cs

Biogeosciences

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3067-3078

  Aoyama, M ^a   Uematsu, M ^b   Tsumune, D ^c   Hamajima, Y ^d  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGO; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM ISOTOPE; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; PLUME; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SURFACE FLUX; SURFACE WATER;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TOHOKU;

EID: 84880980508     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-3067-2013     Document Type: Article

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