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Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12779-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-12779-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
Research article
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14 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2025

How reliable are process-based 222radon emission maps? Results from an atmospheric 222radon inversion in Europe

Fabian Maier, Eva Falge, Maksym Gachkivskyi, Stephan Henne, Ute Karstens, Dafina Kikaj, Ingeborg Levin, Alistair Manning, Christian Rödenbeck, and Christoph Gerbig

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The radioactive noble gas radon (222Rn) is a suitable natural tracer for atmospheric transport and mixing processes that can be used to validate and calibrate atmospheric transport models. However, this requires accurate estimates of the 222Rn flux from the soil into the atmosphere. In our study, we evaluate the reliability of process-based 222Rn flux maps for Europe using a 222Rn inversion. Our inversion results can give some indications on how to improve the process-based 222Rn flux maps.
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