Long-term variations of 14C and 137Cs in the Bratislava air - implications of different atmospheric transport processes

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 108, Issue , 2012, Pages 33-40

  Povinec, P P ^a   Holy K ^a   Chudy M ^a   Sivo A ^a   Sykora I ^a   Jeskovsky M ^a   Richtarikova M ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Bratislava air; Carbon dioxide; Global fallout; Resuspension from soil; Suess effect

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; ANTICORRELATION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BRATISLAVA; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DUST LEVELS; GLOBAL FALLOUT; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; RE-SUSPENSION; SUESS EFFECT; SUMMER MONTHS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; WINTER MONTHS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FALLOUT; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; TROPOSPHERE;

CESIUM;

CARBON 14; CESIUM 137;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; FALLOUT; FOSSIL FUEL; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; RESUSPENSION; STRATOSPHERE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FOSSIL; HALF LIFE TIME; METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STRATOSPHERE; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; SEASONS; SLOVAKIA;

BRATISLAVA; BRATISLAVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84858749162     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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