Corrigendum to "Multi-decadal projections of surface and interior pathways of the Fukushima cesium-137 radioactive plume" [Deep-Sea Res. I 80 (2013) 37-46] doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.05.015;Multi-decadal projections of surface and interior pathways of the Fukushima Cesium-137 radioactive plume

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 80, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-46

  Rossi, Vincent ^a,b   Van Sebille, Erik ^b   Sen Gupta, Alexander ^b   Garçon, Véronique ^c   England, Matthew H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c CNES   (France)

Author keywords

3D Lagrangian modeling; Fukushima nuclear disaster; Mode water formation; North Pacific; Ocean circulation; Radioactive tracers

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DISASTERS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY;

FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTERS; LAGRANGIAN MODELS; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; WATER FORMATION;

FIGHTER AIRCRAFT;

CESIUM ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECADAL VARIATION; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA SHELF; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84882591366     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.08.007     Document Type: Erratum

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