Fractal dimensions of the outdoor radon isotopes time series

Environment International

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Cuculeanu, Vasile ^a   Lupu, Alexandru ^a   Sütö, Elena ^b  

^a National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology   (Romania)

^b Institute of Environmental Research and Engineering   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FRACTALS; RADON; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BOX COUNTING METHOD; HURST'S COEFFICIENT; HURST'S RESCALED RANGE ANALYSIS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

RADON 222; RADON 222 DAUGHTER;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; GAS MIXING; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030741761     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(96)00105-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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