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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4973-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-4973-2013
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24 Jul 2013
Research article |  | 24 Jul 2013

Short-term dispersal of Fukushima-derived radionuclides off Japan: modeling efforts and model-data intercomparison

I. I. Rypina, S. R. Jayne, S. Yoshida, A. M. Macdonald, E. Douglass, and K. Buesseler

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