Lead 210 in surface air and soils from California: Implications for the behavior of trace constituents in the planetary boundary layer
Journal Article
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· J. Geophys. Res.; (United States)
Measurements are reported of /sup 210/Pb activities in aerosols collected during the winter of 1985--1986 at Davis, located in California's Central Valley, and of /sup 210/Pb and /sup 137/Cs inventories in soils collected from the nearby Sierra Nevada mountains and Sierra Nevada-Central Valley foothills. The results show that Centra Valley surface air /sup 210/Pb activities increase (up to 98 disintegrations per min (dpm) 1000 m/sup /minus/3/ STP) while high-pressure systems are stationed over the western United States. During these periods the processes that control /sup 210/Pb activities in the boundary layer are the emanation of /sup 222/Rn from soils and, most likely, the exchange of air between the Central Valley boundary layer and the free troposphere.
- Research Organization:
- Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois(US)
- OSTI ID:
- 5987535
- Journal Information:
- J. Geophys. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Geophys. Res.; (United States) Vol. 94:D5; ISSN JGREA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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500300* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
510300 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BOUNDARY LAYERS
CALIFORNIA
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMISTRY
COLLOIDS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIFFUSION
DISPERSIONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FEDERAL REGION IX
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LAYERS
LEAD 210
LEAD ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
SOILS
SOLS
SURFACE AIR
TROPOSPHERE
USA
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
510300 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOLS
AIR
AIR POLLUTION MONITORING
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BOUNDARY LAYERS
CALIFORNIA
CESIUM 137
CESIUM ISOTOPES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMISTRY
COLLOIDS
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DIFFUSION
DISPERSIONS
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FEDERAL REGION IX
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY NUCLEI
ISOTOPES
LAYERS
LEAD 210
LEAD ISOTOPES
MASS TRANSFER
NEVADA
NORTH AMERICA
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
RADON 222
RADON ISOTOPES
SOILS
SOLS
SURFACE AIR
TROPOSPHERE
USA
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES