On the atmospheric transport and deposition of the cosmogenic radionuclides (10Be): A review

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 176, Issue 1-4, 2013, Pages 321-332

  Heikkila U ^a,b   Beer, J ^c   Abreu, J A ^c   Steinhilber, F ^c  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atmospheric transport; Beryllium 10; Climate impact; Deposition; Polar enhancement; Solar activity proxy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BERYLLIUM-10; CLIMATE IMPACTS; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDES; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRODUCTION CHANGES; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DEPOSITION;

EID: 84879208107     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9838-0     Document Type: Review

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