Temporal and small-scale spatial variability of 222Rn gas in a soil with a high gravel content

K Bunzl, F Ruckerbauer, R Winkler - Science of the total environment, 1998 - Elsevier
To quantify the small-scale spatial and long-term temporal variability of the 222Rn
concentration in a typical soil with a high gravel content, we monitored this radionuclide …

Meteorological parameters contributing to variability in 222Rn activity concentrations in soil gas at a site in Sapporo, Japan

R Fujiyoshi, K Sakamoto, T Imanishi… - Science of the total …, 2006 - Elsevier
Continuous 222Rn monitoring in soil gas since November 22, 2004 has revealed variability
in activity concentration with time in the semi-natural woods on the campus of Hokkaido …

Study of diurnal and seasonal variations in the time series data of soil 222Rn gas

ADK Tareen, M Rafique, M Basharat - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The diurnal and seasonal variation study has been performed for soil radon time series
(RTS) data obtained using RTM-1688 radon monitor (SARAD GmbH, Dresden, Germany) …

Properties and behaviour of radon and thoron and their decay products in the air

J Porstendörfer - Journal of Aerosol Science, 1994 - Elsevier
NOMENCLATURE activity mass concentration of 226Ra/224Ra in soil, rocks or building
materials effective activity mass concentration of 226Ra/224Ra in soil, rocks and building …

Physical and geometrical parameters controlling measurements of radon emanation and exhalation from soil

AF Saad, RM Abdallah, NA Hussein - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2018 - Elsevier
The influence of physical and geometrical parameters, such as grain size, volume of the
emanation container and mass of the sample, on the emanation coefficient and exhalation …

Indoor and Outdoor Exposure to Radon, Thoron and Thoron Decay Products in a NORM Area with Highly Elevated Bedrock Thorium and Legacy Mines

H Haanes, IE Finne, HK Skjerdal… - Radiation …, 2019 - meridian.allenpress.com
Radon (222Rn) and thoron (220Rn), and especially their short-lived decay products, are
major contributors to dose received by the public from naturally occurring radioactive …

Outdoor 222Radon concentrations monitoring in relation with particulate matter levels and possible health effects

MA Zoran, MR Dida, AT Zoran, LF Zoran… - Journal of Radioanalytical …, 2013 - Springer
Air quality monitoring could potentially improve exposure estimates for use in
epidemiological studies. We investigated air quality by monitoring concentrations of 222 Rn …

Factors affecting exhalation of radon from a gravelly sandy loam

SD Schery, DH Gaeddert… - Journal of Geophysical …, 1984 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of radon exhalation from a gravely sandy loam have been made in a semi‐
arid climate by using a combination of closed accumulation, flow‐through accumulation, and …

Harmonic response of soil radon-222 flux and concentration induced by barometric oscillations

F Perrier, F Girault - Geophysical Journal International, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Radon-222 flux and concentration in the soil are sensitive to changes in atmospheric
pressure, and in particular to periodic signals, such as the semi-diurnal barometric tide S2 …

Bulk mixing and decoupling of the nocturnal stable boundary layer characterized using a ubiquitous natural tracer

AG Williams, S Chambers, A Griffiths - Boundary-layer meteorology, 2013 - Springer
Vertical mixing of the nocturnal stable boundary layer (SBL) over a complex land surface is
investigated for a range of stabilities, using a decoupling index (0< D_ rb< 1 0< D rb< 1) …