High time-resolved radon progeny measurements in the Arctic region (Svalbard islands, Norway): results and potentialities

Salzano, Roberto; Pasini, Antonello; Ianniello, Antonietta; Mazzola, Mauro; Traversi, Rita; Udisti, Roberto

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6959-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6959-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-6959-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 9

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17 May 2018

Research article |

| 17 May 2018

High time-resolved radon progeny measurements in the Arctic region (Svalbard islands, Norway): results and potentialities

Roberto Salzano, Antonello Pasini, Antonietta Ianniello, Mauro Mazzola, Rita Traversi, and Roberto Udisti

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Components of radon progeny in the air at the Gruvebadet observatory in Ny-Alesund (Svalbard islands, Norway) during the melting and the summer season in 2015 Roberto Salzano, Antonello Pasini, Antonietta Ianniello, Mauro Mazzola, Rita Traversi, and Roberto Udisti https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1246643

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The radon progeny can describe the circulation of air masses in the Arctic region, evidencing a seasonality and stability dynamics that can influence the persistence of pollutants in the lower layer of the atmosphere. This paper, for the first time, considered high-time resolved radon-progeny measurements in the Arctic region. These data were used for tracing air masses in terms of age, origin, permafrost dynamics, seasonality and local effects.