Indoor radon seasonal variability at different floors of buildings

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 928-934

  De Francesco, S ^a   Tommasone, F Pascale ^b   Cuoco, E ^a   Tedesco, D ^a,c  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Office of Civil Protection Meteorology Climatology and Natural Hazards   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Applied climatology; Building floor variability; Indoor radon; Rainfall; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY; BUILDING FLOOR VARIABILITY; CAMPANIA; CONTROLLING FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; INDOOR RADON; INTEGRATED METHOD; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; RAINFALL; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTHERN ITALY; TRACK ETCH;

BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; PUBLIC WORKS; RADON; RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

FLOORS;

EID: 78049434279     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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