Meteorological parameters contributing to variability in 222Rn activity concentrations in soil gas at a site in Sapporo, Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 224-234

  Fujiyoshi, Ryoko ^a   Sakamoto, Keita ^a   Imanishi, Tsukushi ^a   Sumiyoshi, Takashi ^a   Sawamura, Sadashi ^a   Vaupotic, Janja ^b   Kobal, Ivan ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

222Rn; Continuous monitoring; Meteorological parameters; Seismic effects; Soil gas

Indexed keywords

CONDITION MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; RADIOISOTOPES; RAIN; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS;

222RN; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SEISMIC EFFECTS; SOIL GAS;

RADON;

RADON 222;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; RADON ISOTOPE; SOIL GAS;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); JAPAN; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; SAPPORO;

EID: 33748808970     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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