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Neither was any such correlation found between the precipitation
during the months when grass for storage is grown (May, June, and
July) and the amount of '°"Cs in the milk the following spring.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The authors wish to acknowledge the assistance of P. Ogland,
Norwegian Meteorological Institute, and D. Wgien, Computing Center,
Oslo, Norway, for their contributions to these studies and also for
support provided by the authors’ organizations in addition to that by the
U.S, Atomic Energy Commission.
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