Diurnal variation of radon progeny

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 97, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 116-123

  Seftelis, I ^a   Nicolaou, G ^a   Trassanidis, S ^a   Tsagas, F N ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alpha air radioactivity; Ground gamma radioactivity; Humidity; Modelling; Radon progeny; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALPHA AIR RADIOACTIVITY; GROUND GAMMA RADIOACTIVITY; RADON PROGENY;

RADON;

RADON; THORIUM 232; URANIUM 238;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; HUMIDITY; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOACTIVITY; RADON; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMIDITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; RADIOACTIVITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALPHA PARTICLES; GAMMA RAYS; HUMIDITY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548691235     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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