Distribution of 127I and 129I in precipitation at high European latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Aldahan, A ^a,b   Persson, S ^a   Possnert, G ^a   Hou, X L ^c,d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION;

AIR MASS TRAJECTORIES; COASTAL SITES; DATA SET; DENMARK; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EUROPEAN LATITUDES; WET DEPOSITION;

RAIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; FLUX MEASUREMENT; IODINE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WET DEPOSITION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 68949126814     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037363     Document Type: Article

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