Studies on the rain scavenging process of tritium in a tropical site in India

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  Nankar, D P ^a   Patra, A K ^a   Ravi, P M ^a   Joshi, C P ^a   Hegde, A G ^a   Sarkar, P K ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Air moisture; Rain; Rain duration; Scavenging; Specific activity ratio; Tritium

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; GAUSSIAN PLUMES; GROUND LEVEL; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURIZED HEAVY WATER REACTORS; RAIN RATES; RAINY SEASONS; SCAVENGING PROCESS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; SYSTEMATIC EXPERIMENT; TROPICAL REGIONS; WASH OUT;

HEAVY WATER; HEAVY WATER REACTORS; MOISTURE; SCAVENGING; TRITIUM;

RAIN;

RAIN; TRITIUM;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CORRELATION; DATA SET; DILUTION; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINDROP; RAINWATER; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); TRITIUM; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDIA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; TROPICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RAIN; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TRITIUM; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

INDIA;

EID: 80054762911     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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