title: An automatic device for measuring the effect of meteorological factors on radon-222 flux from soils in the long-term.
abstract: An automatic method for measuring the radon flux at soil surfaces is described. The proposed experimental design minimises the disturbance induced by the accumulator technique widely used to measure radon exhalation from the ground. By exposing the ground surface to the normal weather conditions between two consecutive measurements, this method can be used to study, in the long term, the effects of meteorological factors on the radon flux density at the soil-atmosphere interface.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Protection et de Sûreté Nucléaire Département de Protection de l'Environnement 60-68 avenue de la Division Leclerc 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferry
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beneito
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richon
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Robe
mesh_terms: D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*; D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012990:Soil Pollutants, Radioactive; D011886:Radon