A new technique for processing airborne gamma ray spectrometry data for mapping low level contaminations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 651-662

  Aage, H K ^a   Korsbech, U ^a   Bargholz, K ^a   Hovgaard, J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Exploranium   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CESIUM; CONTAMINATION; FALLOUT; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIUM; SPECTROMETRY;

AIRBORNE GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION CONTAMINATION;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS;

CESIUM; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LATVIA; POWER PLANTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; UKRAINE;

EID: 0033486512     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(99)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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