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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY
Volume 127, Issue -, Pages 88-94Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2013.10.011
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Be-7; Annual cycle; Hadley cell; CTBT; IMS; Australia
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Beryllium-7 (Be-7) daily data from the four International Monitoring System (IMS) radionuclide particulate stations on mainland Australia are analysed over the period 2001 to 2011. The analysis indicates that levels of Be-7 in surface air at the stations follow annual cycles, with yearly peak activity concentrations occurring later at stations further south. The yearly peak migrates north-south at a rate of approximately 4.4 degrees latitude per month. The change in phase of the Be-7 annual cycle between the stations corresponds with the seasonal migration of the Southern Hemisphere Hadley cell across mainland Australia. The implication is that the changing position of the downward limb of the Southern Hemisphere Hadley cell regulates the phase of the annual cycle in Be-7 activity concentrations in surface air in the Australian region. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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