Design of an air sampler for a small unmanned aerial vehicle

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Peräjärvi, Kari ^a   Lehtinen, J ^b   Pollanen R ^a   Toivonen, H ^a  

^a STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Finland)

^b Senya Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINLAND; NUCLEAR REACTORS; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 58549106810     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn304     Document Type: Article

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