RADON CONCENTRATION AND VERTICAL TURBULENT MIXING IN THE LOWEST ATMOSPHERIC LAYER,

Abstract

The results are described of an analysis of simultaneous measurements of radon concentration in the surface boundary layer of the atmosphere (low-temperature radon-concentration determination using liquid nitrogen and the activated carbon-absorption method) and in the soil, the amount of radon exhaled from the surface, and the coefficient of vertical turbulent mixing. Two series of measurements were made -- one 7 km south of Kirov in the summer of 1950 mainly under convective conditions, and the second in the Moscow region in the summer of 1962 with a surface boundary layer inversion. The effect of vertical turbulent mixing on the concentration of radon in the surface boundary layer was determined to be of major significance. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 09, 1968
Accession Number
AD0679719

Entities

People

  • K. I. Zorina
  • S. G. Malakhov
  • T. I. Sisigina
  • V. B. Milin

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Inversion
  • Layers
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Mixing
  • Turbulent Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers