One year of222Rn concentration in the atmospheric surface layer

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2865-2887

  Galmarini, S ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RURAL AREA; SURFACE LAYER; TIME SERIES; WAVELET ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33746208040     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-2865-2006     Document Type: Article

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