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14 Aug 2013
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| 14 Aug 2013
Initial spread of 137Cs from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant over the Japan continental shelf: a study using a high-resolution, global-coastal nested ocean model
Z. Lai
School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 02744, USA
Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Coastal Engineering in Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, 510275, China
C. Chen
School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 02744, USA
International Center for Marine Studies, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
R. Beardsley
Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
H. Lin
School for Marine Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA 02744, USA
International Center for Marine Studies, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
R. Ji
Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
International Center for Marine Studies, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, 201306, China
J. Sasaki
Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa 277-8563, Japan
J. Lin
Department of Geology & Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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