Increased environmental gamma-ray dose rate during precipitation: a strong correlation with contributing air mass

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 527-533

  Mercier, J F ^a   Tracy, B L ^a   d'Amours, R ^b   Chagnon, F ^b   Hoffman, I ^a   Korpach, E P ^a   Johnson, S ^a   Ungar, R K ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air transport; Environmental radiation; Radionuclides scavenging; Radon; Rain; Surveillance network

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR MASS BACK TRAJECTORIES; AIR TRANSPORT; BACK TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; DOSE RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION; LONG TERM; NATURAL RADIONUCLIDES; RADIONUCLIDES SCAVENGING; RADON EMANATION RATES; RADON PROGENY; STRONG CORRELATION; SURVEILLANCE NETWORK; SURVEILLANCE NETWORKS;

MONITORING; OPTICAL SENSORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADON; RAIN;

GAMMA RAYS;

RADON; RAIN; SNOW;

AIR MASS; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOACTIVITY; RADON;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY; RELIABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON DAUGHTERS; RAIN;

EID: 67349286457     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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