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| 16 Nov 2016
How do air ions reflect variations in ionising radiation in the lower atmosphere in a boreal forest?
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Veli-Matti Kerminen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Jussi Paatero
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Observation services, P.O. Box 503,
00101 Helsinki, Finland
Pauli Paasonen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Hanna E. Manninen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Tuomo Nieminen
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland,
P.O. Box 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
Tuukka Petäjä
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
Markku Kulmala
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, 00014
Helsinki, Finland
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Short summary
Ionising radiation is responsible for air ion production. However, minor efforts have been invested in understanding the connection of observed air ions to ionising radiation in the lower atmosphere and underlying processes therein. In this work, we analysed 4 years of ambient data collected in a Finnish boreal forest and found that gamma radiation dominates air ion production in the lower atmosphere and demonstrated clear promotion effects of the ionising radiation on air ion production.
Ionising radiation is responsible for air ion production. However, minor efforts have been...
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