222Rn concentrations in the atmospheric surface layer over continental Russia from observations in TROICA experiments

Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-769

  Berezina, E V ^a   Elansky, N F ^a  

^a OBUKHOV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADON ISOTOPE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE LAYER;

MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; PRIMORYE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; VLADIVOSTOK;

EID: 77951110518     PISSN: 00014338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0001433809060097     Document Type: Article

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