Ground based radon-222 observations and their application to atmospheric studies

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 3-33

  Zahorowski, W ^a   Chambers, S D ^a   Henderson Sellers, A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Evaluation; GCM; Radon; Surface atmosphere interaction; Validation

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MONITORING; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RADON;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY; RADON DETECTORS;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY;

RADON 222;

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON;

AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; OBSERVATION; RELIABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BENCHMARKING; BIOMASS; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCINERATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADON;

EID: 3042698090     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2004.03.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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