Objetivo Radionuclides discharged from La Hague are used to trace advection and dispersion of water masses in the European Coastal Current from the English Channel to the entry of the Baltic. Time series of radionuclide measurements in water samples taken in the English Channel, at the Netherlands coast, in the German North Sea sector and in Danish waters are being performed. 3 fundamentally different numeric models are being developed in the programme. The 2-dimensional IFREMER model and the 3-dimensional BSH model are independent of the sampled data, whereas the Risoe box model is utilizing the data. Model simulations will be compared with collected database. The database will furthermore be made available as a model evaluation tool for other groups working with coastal water mass and contaminant advection and dispersion. Finally, the projects includes a first competent estimate of the prospects for using iodine-129 measured by accelerator man spectrometry (AMS) as a sensitive oceanographic tracer, and radiochemical work on improving and documenting the discrimination against disturbing impurities in the technetium-99 analytical procedure.PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Radionuclides discharged from La Hague will be used to trace transport and dispersal of coastal water masses. A time-series of radionuclide measurements in water samples taken in the English Channel at the Dutch coast, in the German North Sea sector and in Danish waters will be performed. Rates of water transport, dilution of the coastal currents with other water masses and transit times will be elucidated. Radionuclides ratios facilitate tracing of specific discharges in spite of dilution. This will contribute significantly to the knowledge of transit routes, transit times and mixing. The data will be used to improve models capable of describing the transport quantitatively. The results from the sampling programme will furthermore provide a unique data set for validating other models. Ámbito científico natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasessocial sciencessociologysocial issuessocial inequalitiesnatural scienceschemical sciencesnuclear chemistryradiation chemistry Programa(s) FP2-MAST 1 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology (MAST), 1989-1992 Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador RISOE NATIONAL LABORATORY Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Frederiksborgvej 399 ROSKILDE Dinamarca Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (5) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Université de Paris-sud 11, 104 91405 GOMETZ LA VILLE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Centre d'Études de Cadarache Sere-Ders 13113 SAINT-PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos ENERGY RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE NETHERLANDS Países Bajos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Westerduinweg 3 PETTEN Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos FEDERAL MARITIME AND HYDROGRAPHIC AGENCY Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Bernhard-Nocht-Strasse 78 20359 HAMBURG Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos MAFF Fisheries Laboratory Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección NR33 0HT Lowestoft Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
