title: Adaptation of ECOSYS-87 to Hong Kong environmental conditions.
abstract: This paper describes the adaptation work carried out on the radioecological model ECOSYS for radionuclide transfer in the Hong Kong ecological environment. The adapted model predicts that the ingestion dose due to dry deposition in Hong Kong shows less pronounced seasonal dependence than that in Germany. This is mainly attributed to differences in climate, agricultural and farming practices adopted in the two places. Brief discussions on model sensitivity, uncertainty, and validation are also given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health, Sai Wan Ho Health Centre, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Poon
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Au
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pröhl
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D002980:Climate; D003198:Computer Simulation; D033364:Decapoda; D017753:Ecosystem; D005399:Fishes; D005507:Food Contamination, Radioactive; D005858:Germany; D006207:Half-Life; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010945:Plants, Edible; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011868:Radioisotopes; D012621:Seasons; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive