Intercomparison of sampling and measurement of 7Be in air at four high-altitude locations in Europe

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1497-1502

  Tositti, L ^a   Hubener S ^b   Kanter, H J ^c   Ringer, W ^d   Sandrini, S ^e   Tobler, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Federal Office of Agrobiology   (Austria)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

spectrometry; 7Be; Aerosol; Intercomparison

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ISOTOPES; OZONE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; SPECTROMETRY;

FILTERING MEDIA; HIGH-ALTITUDE STATIONS; OZONE TRANSPORT;

BERYLLIUM;

BERYLLIUM; BERYLLIUM 7; OZONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; AIR; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SWITZERLAND;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALTITUDE; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BERYLLIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SAMPLE SIZE; SOLAR ACTIVITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4544363332     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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