"Application of a 3-D Chemical Fate Prediction Model (FATE3D) to Predict Dioxin Concentrations in the Tokyo Bay"

¹Norihiro Kobayashi, ²Tomomi Eriguchi, ¹Kisaburou Nakata, ³Shigeki Masunaga, ¹Fumio Horiguchi, ¹Junko Nakanishi 

¹National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
²CHUDEN CTI CO., LTD
³Yokohama National University

 ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE, Vol.70 No.4 pp.621-632 (2006) 

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Abstract

A 3-D chemical fate prediction model (FATE3D) was applied to predict the dioxin concentrations in the seawater of the Tokyo Bay, Japan.
The simulation results could be favorably compared with the field measurements of dioxin concentrations in the bay for both the particulate and dissolved phases, indicating the validity and predictive capability of the model. Furthermore, the differences in the seasonal cycles and distributions between the particulate- and dissolved-phase dioxins in the bay were estimated from the simulation results.

Keywords

dioxin, PCDD, PCDF, dioxin-like PCB, estuarine pollution, chemical fate, Tokyo Bay