Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (6)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Blaauboer, R.O.
Right arrow Articles by Smetsers, R.C.G.M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Blaauboer, R.O.
Right arrow Articles by Smetsers, R.C.G.M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

Radiation Protection Dosimetry 69:7-18 (1997)
© 1997 Oxford University Press

Outdoor Concentrations of the Equilibrium-Equivalent Decay Products of 222Rn in the Netherlands and the Effect of Meteorological Variables

R.O. Blaauboer and R.C.G.M. Smetsers

Airborne radioactivity monitors put up in a network as a warning system in case of nuclear accidents were used to gain insight in the temporal variations of 222Rn and its decay products. Average equilibrium equivalent decay product concentrations (EEDCs) over a period of five years for stations across the country range from 1 to 3 Bq.m-3. Hourly averaged concentrations show a diurnal variation at all stations. The amplitude of this variation is maximal in summer and minimal or non-existent in winter. Superimposed is a seasonal variation with a maximum in late autumn and a minimum in spring. Wind velocity appears to be the major variable controlling the variation in EEDC in the outdoor environment of the Netherlands. Humidity seems to be correlated with the EEDC of 222Rn, probably because, due to plateout, a better equilibrium between 222Rn and its decay products is installed. Reduced EEDC during and shortly after rainfall seems to indicate a dilution of 222Rn in ground surface air due to enhanced vertical mixing below the rain cloud.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.