A study of the atmospheric boundary layer using radon and air pollutants as tracers Export

@article{15632, abstract = {Concentrations of radon 222Rn and air pollutants, meteorological parameters near the surface and vertical profiles of meteorological elements were measured at Uchio (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan) 12 km north from the coast of the Inland Sea of Japan. In the nighttime, the 222Rn concentration increased in the case of weak winds, but did not increase as much in the case of moderate or strong winds, as had been expected. In the daytime, the 222Rn concentration held at a slightly higher than average level for the period from sunrise to about 1 100 JST. It is considered that this phenomenon is due to a period of morning calm, that is, a transition period from land breeze to sea breeze. NO, which is sensitive to traffic volume, brought information concerning advection. Oxidant concentrations, which reflect the availability of sunlight, acted in the reverse manner to 222Rn concentrations. Thus, a set of 222Rn and air pollutants could provide useful information regarding the local conditions of the atmospheric boundary layer.}, author = {Kataoka, T. and Yunoki, E. and Shimizu, M. and Mori, T. and Tsukamoto, O. and Ohashi, Y. and Sahashi, K. and Maitani, T. and Miyashita, K. and Iwata, T. and Fujikawa, Y. and Kudo, A. and Shaw, R. H.}, citeulike-article-id = {2710886}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17944376343&partnerID=40&rel=R7.0.0}, comment = {Cited By (since 1996): 7 ---=note-separator=--- Export Date: 23 April 2008 ---=note-separator=--- Source: Scopus}, journal = {Boundary-Layer Meteorology}, keywords = {222rn, air, and, breezes, calms, concentration, evening, inversion, land, layer, local-lib, mixing, morning, of, pollutants, sea}, number = {2}, pages = {131--155}, posted-at = {2008-04-23 23:34:53}, priority = {0}, title = {A study of the atmospheric boundary layer using radon and air pollutants as tracers}, url = {http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17944376343&partnerID=40&rel=R7.0.0}, volume = {101}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - 15632 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2710886 N2 - Concentrations of radon 222Rn and air pollutants, meteorological parameters near the surface and vertical profiles of meteorological elements were measured at Uchio (Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan) 12 km north from the coast of the Inland Sea of Japan. In the nighttime, the 222Rn concentration increased in the case of weak winds, but did not increase as much in the case of moderate or strong winds, as had been expected. In the daytime, the 222Rn concentration held at a slightly higher than average level for the period from sunrise to about 1 100 JST. It is considered that this phenomenon is due to a period of morning calm, that is, a transition period from land breeze to sea breeze. NO, which is sensitive to traffic volume, brought information concerning advection. Oxidant concentrations, which reflect the availability of sunlight, acted in the reverse manner to 222Rn concentrations. Thus, a set of 222Rn and air pollutants could provide useful information regarding the local conditions of the atmospheric boundary layer. IS - 2 JF - Boundary-Layer Meteorology EP - 155 TI - A study of the atmospheric boundary layer using radon and air pollutants as tracers VL - 101 SP - 131 KW - 222rn KW - air KW - and KW - breezes KW - calms KW - concentration KW - evening KW - inversion KW - land KW - layer KW - local-lib KW - mixing KW - morning KW - of KW - pollutants KW - sea N1 - Cited By (since 1996): 7 N1 - Export Date: 23 April 2008 N1 - Source: Scopus AU - Kataoka, T AU - Yunoki, E AU - Shimizu, M AU - Mori, T AU - Tsukamoto, O AU - Ohashi, Y AU - Sahashi, K AU - Maitani, T AU - Miyashita, K AU - Iwata, T AU - Fujikawa, Y AU - Kudo, A AU - Shaw, RH PY - 2001/// UR - http://www.scopus.com/scopus/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-17944376343&partnerID=40&rel=R7.0.0 ER -