Production of cosmogenic 7Be isotope in the atmosphere: Full 3-D modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Usoskin, Ilya G ^a   Kovaltsov, Gennady A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; ISOTOPES; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 50049121856     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009725     Document Type: Article

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