Change of radioactive cesium (137Cs and 134Cs) content in cloud water at an elevated site in France, before and after the Fukushima nuclear accident: Comparison with radioactivity in rainwater and in aerosol particles

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-51

  Masson, Olivier ^a   de Vismes Ott, Anne ^a   Bourcier, Laureline ^b   Paulat, Pascal ^a   Ribeiro, Mickael ^c   Pichon, Jean Marc ^c   Sellegri, Karine ^c   Gurriaran, Rodolfo ^a  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

137Cs; Aerosol; Cloud; Droplet; France; Fukushima

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; CLOUDS; DROPS; NUCLEAR REACTOR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOISOTOPES; RAIN;

AEROSOL PARTICLES; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FRANCE; FUKUSHIMA; FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR ACCIDENTS; RADIOACTIVE CESIUMS; ^137CS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLOUD DROPLET; CLOUD WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE; RAINWATER; REACTION KINETICS;

AUVERGNE; CHAINE DES PUYS; FRANCE; PUY DE DOME [CHAINE DES PUYS];

EID: 84910077303     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.031     Document Type: Article

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