"Application of a mathematical model to predict dioxin concentrations in the Tokyo Bay estuary" 

Norihiro Kobayashi¹, Kisaburo Nakata¹, Tomomi Eriguchi², Shigeki Masunaga³, Fumio Horiguchi¹, Junko Nakanishi¹ 

¹National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
²chuden CTI
³Yokohama National University 

24th International Symposium on Halogenated Environmental Organic Pollutants and POPs (Berlin, Germany 2004/9/6)

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Abstract

A 3-D chemical fate prediction model was applied to the Tokyo Bay estuary to examine the distribution and fate of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs) and dioxin-like PCBs in the estuary.

Keywords

PCDD/Fs,dioxin-like PCBs,estuary,mathematical modeling,seawater