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Ponte Academic Journal
Aug 2016, Volume 72, Issue 8

SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENTS OF RADIATION FALLOUT IN TROPICAL RAINFALL IN THE REGION OF SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, SP, BRAZIL

Author(s): Inacio Malmonge Martin ,Anatoli A. Gusev, Marcelo. P. Gomes, Korneli G. Grigorov, Bogos N. Sismanoglu

J. Ponte - Aug 2016 - Volume 72 - Issue 8
doi: 10.21506/j.ponte.2016.8.23



Abstract:
Simultaneous observations and simulations of rainfall and ambient X-ray rates show that a radionuclide concentration in rainwater inversely depends on a rainfall rate. The effect is explained in terms of an inverse dependence of aerosol collection efficiency on raindrop size.
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