7Be, 210Pb and 137Cs concentrations in cloud water

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-19

  Bourcier, L ^a,c   Masson, O ^b   Laj, P ^a,d   Paulat, P ^b   Pichon, J M ^a   Chausse, P ^a,e   Gurriaran, R ^b   Sellegri, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cloud water; Scavenging efficiency

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; DEPOSITION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACTIVITY CONCENTRATION; AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CLOUD WATER; NATURALLY-OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY;

CESIUM;

BERYLLIUM 7; CESIUM 137; INORGANIC COMPOUND; LEAD 210; RAIN; BERYLLIUM; CESIUM; LEAD; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLOUD WATER; FOG; LEAD ISOTOPE; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY); SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CLOUD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; WET DEPOSITION; (137)CS; (210)PB; (7)BE; AIR POLLUTANT; CLOUD WATER; FRANCE; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; SEASON;

FRANCE;

(137)CS; (210)PB; (7)BE; CLOUD WATER; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; BERYLLIUM; CESIUM; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; FRANCE; LEAD RADIOISOTOPES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SEASONS; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 84887583471     PISSN: 0265931X     EISSN: 18791700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.020     Document Type: Article

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