Long-term variation of the concentrations of long-lived Rn descendants and cosmogenic 7Be and determination of the MRT of aerosols

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1291-1301

  Duenas C ^a   Fernandez M C ^a   Carretero, J ^a   Liger, E ^a   Canete S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

7Be; Aerosols; East mediterranean; Radon decay products; Residence time; Surface air

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; BERYLLIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY; METEORLOGICAL VARIABLES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

BERYLLIUM; LEAD; POLONIUM; RADON DAUGHTER;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; RESIDENCE TIME;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

EID: 0842346901     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2003.11.029     Document Type: Article

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