%0 Dataset
%T Radioactive isotopes in the atmosphere and their applications in meteorology
%J Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center
%I Arid Land Ecology and Resources Science Data Center(data.dcxjegi.cn)
%U https://data.dcxjegi.cn/portal/metadata/b85716ba-69c7-4a81-8243-21b4f5d2df22
%W NCDC
%R 10.12389/ariddc.01813
%A Documentation Information Center
%K Nuclear meteorology;Environmental pollution;Radioactive isotopes
%X In order to correctly assess the degree of danger posed to humanity by environmental contamination from radioactive products of nuclear explosions and wastes from the atomic industry, and to develop appropriate protective measures, it is necessary to study the laws governing the dispersion of radioactive aerosols and gases in the atmosphere and in other spheres of the Earth. For this purpose, the latest methods and achievements of meteorology, atmospheric physics and chemistry, and aerosol physics and chemistry have been widely applied. In such studies, observational data on the dispersion of naturally occurring “tracer substances” (tracers), such as carbon dioxide, ozone, water vapor, and natural radioactive isotopes, in the atmosphere and other geospheres are of great importance.At the same time, natural and artificial tracers, especially radioactive tracers, have become powerful new tools for the qualitative and quantitative study of the movement of media such as the atmosphere and hydrosphere, as well as exchanges between different reservoirs and geospheres, for example, air-mass exchange between the troposphere and stratosphere or carbon exchange between the atmosphere and the oceans. The study of various Earth-system processes using radioactive tracers has given rise to such disciplines as nuclear geophysics, nuclear geochemistry, and nuclear meteorology. In recent years, nuclear meteorology has developed rapidly both in the Soviet Union and throughout the world. The first monographs in this field have already been published. To facilitate the exchange of methods and research results, two conferences on nuclear meteorology were held: one in Vilnius in June 1960 and another in Obninsk in February 1964.This volume contains the papers presented at the second conference, which was convened by the State Committee for the Utilization of Atomic Energy of the USSR and the Main Administration of Hydrometeorology under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, and held at t