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International Workshop at Fukushima, Japan, on Dispersion and Deposition Modeling for Nuclear Accident Releases: Transfer of Science from Academic to Operational Models

Steven Hanna Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

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Tetsuji Yamada Yamada Science and Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Hiroaki Kondo National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

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Akira Watanabe Fukushima University, Fukushima, Japan

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Ryohji Ohba University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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01 Feb 2016
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00191.1
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ES31–ES36
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CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Steven Hanna, 7 Crescent Ave., Kennebunkport, ME 04046, E-mail: stevenrogershanna@gmail.com

CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Steven Hanna, 7 Crescent Ave., Kennebunkport, ME 04046, E-mail: stevenrogershanna@gmail.com
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