Concentrations of 222RN, its short-lived daughters and 212PB and their ratios under complex atmospheric conditions and topography

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 219-249

  Kataoka, Toshio ^a   Yunoki, Eiji ^a   Shimizu, Mitsuo ^a   Mori, Tadashige ^a   Tsukamoto, Osamu ^b   Takahashi, Satoshi ^b   Fudeyasu, Hironori ^b   Ohashi, Yukitaka ^c   Sahashi, Ken ^b   Maitani, Toshihiko ^b   Miyashita, Koh'ichi ^b   Iwata, Toru ^b   Sasaki, Takayuki ^c   Fujikawa, Yoko ^c   Kudo, Akira ^c   Shaw, Roger H ^d  

^a Okayama Pref Center of Education   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentration of 212Pb; Concentration of 222Rn; Concentration of short lived 222Rn daughters; Snow depth; Submergence of paddy fields

Indexed keywords

HEAT CONVECTION; MIXING; RADON; RAIN; WIND EFFECTS;

SURFACE INVERSION;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; LEAD; MIXING; RADON; SNOW COVER; TOPOGRAPHY;

JAPAN;

EID: 0037399331     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021540506779     Document Type: Article

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