Comparison between modelling and measurement of marine dispersion, environmental half-time and 137Cs inventories after the Fukushima Daiichi accident

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 361-383

  Bailly Du Bois, Pascal ^a   Garreau, Pierre ^b   Laguionie, Philippe ^a   Korsakissok, Irène ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Caesium 137; Coastal modelling; Environmental half time; Fukushima accident; Pacific Ocean; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

CAESIUM-137; COASTAL MODELLING; ENVIRONMENTAL HALF-TIME; FUKUSHIMA ACCIDENTS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACCIDENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CESIUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOSITION; DISPERSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ACCIDENT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CESIUM; COASTAL WATER; DATA SET; DISPERSION; DRAG COEFFICIENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUCLEAR POWER PLANT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RESIDENCE TIME; SEAWATER; WIND;

FUKUSHIMA; HONSHU; JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOHOKU;

EID: 84896699254     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-013-0682-5     Document Type: Article

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