Quantifying the influences of atmospheric stability on air pollution in Lanzhou, China, using a radon-based stability monitor

SD Chambers, F Wang, AG Williams, D Xiaodong… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - Elsevier
Commercially-available “stability monitors” based on in situ atmospheric radon progeny
measurements remain underutilised as a tool for urban pollution studies, due in part to …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of radon-222 with the GEOS-Chem global model: emissions, seasonality, and convective transport

B Zhang, H Liu, JH Crawford, G Chen… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
Abstract Radon-222 (222 Rn) is a short-lived radioactive gas naturally emitted from land
surfaces and has long been used to assess convective transport in atmospheric models. In …

[HTML][HTML] Overview and large-scale representative estimate of radon-222 flux data in China

B Lei, L Zhao, F Girault, Z Cai, C Luo, S Thapa… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The inert radioactive gas radon-222, ubiquitous in the environment, is the first cause of lung
cancer in non-smokers and a powerful asset to trace geological fluids and constrain …

Analysis of the vertical radon structure at the Spanish “El Arenosillo” tower station

A Vargas, D Arnold, JA Adame, C Grossi… - Journal of environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents an analysis of one year of hourly radon and meteorological
measurements at 10 m and 100 m agl at El Arenosillo tall-tower station, in the south-west of …

Simulation of tropospheric chemistry and aerosols with the climate model EC-Earth

TPC Van Noije, P Le Sager, AJ Segers… - Geoscientific Model …, 2014 - gmd.copernicus.org
We have integrated the atmospheric chemistry and transport model TM5 into the global
climate model EC-Earth version 2.4. We present an overview of the TM5 model and the two …

Quantifying stability influences on air pollution in Lanzhou, China, using a radon-based “stability monitor”: Seasonality and extreme events

F Wang, SD Chambers, Z Zhang, AG Williams… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
A recently-developed radon-based technique is modified to quantify the seasonal influences
of atmospheric stability on urban emissions in Lanzhou, China, based on 11 months of …

Short-term variability of gamma radiation at the ARM Eastern North Atlantic facility (Azores)

SM Barbosa, P Miranda, EB Azevedo - Journal of environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work addresses the short-term variability of gamma radiation measured continuously at
the Eastern North Atlantic (ENA) facility located in the Graciosa island (Azores, 39N; 28W), a …

Quantification of emission estimates of CO2, CH4 and CO for East Asia derived from atmospheric radon-222 measurements over the western North Pacific

A Wada, H Matsueda, S Murayama… - Tellus B: Chemical …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Emissions of CO, CH4 and CO2 in East Asia were estimated using the atmospheric
concentration of 222Rn measured at Minamitorishima (MNM) and Yonagunijima (YON) with …

Variations of radon concentration in the atmosphere. Gamma dose rate

DE Tchorz-Trzeciakiewicz, AT Solecki - Atmospheric Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
The purposes of research were following: observation and interpretation of variations of
radon concentration in the atmosphere-vertical, seasonal, spatial and analysis of relation …

Differences of near-ground atmospheric Rn-222 concentration between urban and rural area with reference to microclimate diversity

A Podstawczyńska - Atmospheric Environment, 2016 - Elsevier
A unique 4-year dataset of hourly near-surface meteorological and atmospheric Radon-222
measurements made simultaneously at adjacent rural and urban sites in central Poland are …