Radon-220 calibration of near-surface turbulent gas transport

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 607-610

  Lehmann, Bernhard E ^c   Lehmann, Martin ^c   Neftel, Albrecht ^a   Gut, Andreas ^a   Tarakanov, Sergei V ^b  

^a Institut fur Umweltschutz und Landwirtschaft   (Switzerland)

^b GREBENSHCHIKOV INSTITUTE OF SILICATE CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADON;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ACTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FRICTION VELOCITY; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; RADIOACTIVE ATOMS; RADON ISOTOPES; TRANSPORT TIME;

RADON; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; EDDY DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; GAS TRANSPORT; RADON; SOIL GAS;

EID: 0033104672     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900026     Document Type: Article

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