Sources and measurements of radon and radon progeny applied to climate and air quality studies : [proceedings of a technical meeting held in Vienna, organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency and co-sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization].
"The naturally occurring radionuclide radon (222Rn), together with its radioactive progeny, has been widely used to study atmospheric processes and to test and validate comprehensive global chemical transport models. Being a noble gas, radon is not removed from the atmosphere by dry or wet depo...
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| Language: | English |
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Vienna :
International Atomic Energy Agency,
2012.
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| Series: | Proceedings series (International Atomic Energy Agency)
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| Summary: | "The naturally occurring radionuclide radon (222Rn), together with its radioactive progeny, has been widely used to study atmospheric processes and to test and validate comprehensive global chemical transport models. Being a noble gas, radon is not removed from the atmosphere by dry or wet deposition processes, nor does it become attached to aerosols, and so it is a good tracer for air mass movements. This publication summarizes the findings of a technical meeting jointly sponsored by the IAEA and the World Meteorological Organization [ in June 2009], at which experts in the fields of radon exhalation from the ground, radon measurements in air, and atmospheric transport modelling came together to discuss the latest developments. A major focus of the meeting was on moving towards agreed approaches to estimating radon exhalation flux densities, and to improving quality assurance of measurements both of radon exhalation flux densities and of concentrations of radon and radon progeny in the atmosphere."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Subtitle from cover. "IAEA, WMO"--Cover. "February 2012, STI/PUB/1541"--Title page verso. "The IAEA officer responsible for this publication was P. Martin of the IAEA Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Seibersdorf"--Foreword. |
| Physical Description: | 162 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789201236104 (pbk.) 9201236107 (pbk.) |