A comparison of concentrations of fission products,radon 222, and cloud condensation nuclei over the North Atlantic |
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| Authors: | R E Larson D J Bressan K W Marlow T A Wojciechowski J L Heffter |
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| Institution: | (1) Naval Research Laboratory, 20375 Washington, D.C., USA;(2) NOAA, 20910 Silver Spring, MD, USA |
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| Abstract: | The concentrations of airborne fission products were observed to be air mass dependent during a cruise of the USNSHayes from Norfolk, Va to Athens, Greece in May–June 1977. Minimum concentrations of fission products, radon, and CCN (cloud condensation nuclei) were measured in maritime air which had previously transited northern North America. Higher fission products, radon, and CCN concentrations were measured in recent, continental air traceable to mid North America or central Europe. These data are consistent with either entrainment by strong winds of previously precipitated fission products (the  continental effect ) or greater transfer of fission products from the stratosphere to low levels by tropospheric folding. |
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| Keywords: | Cloud condensation nuclei Nuclear fission products -concentration of in air |
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