Seasonal and long-term variation of 210Pb concentration in air, atmospheric deposition rate and total deposition velocity in south Germany

Winkler, R.; Rosner, G.

doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00666-5

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“…Thus, in Sofia, on the 42 nd latitude, the downward trend is an order of the magnitude stronger than at Sodankylä on the 67 th latitude [7]. Similar behavior has been reported in Germany [19]. …”

Section: Lead-210 Concentration In Tsp Samplessupporting

confidence: 80%

Measurements of Lead-210 Activity Concentration in the Ground-Level Air in Finland and Bulgaria

Paatero¹,

Veleva²,

Hristova³

et al. 2017

RadJ

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Abstract. Airborne lead-210 is a useful tracer for studying air mass origin and transport. 210 Pb is produced in the atmosphere by the decay of the radioactive noble gas 222 Rn, emanating after 226 Ra decay from the earth crust. The results obtained for 210 Pb concentration in total suspended particulate (TSP) display seasonal pattern with maximum in the summer-autumn period. The TSP filters are collected within the scope of atmospheric radioactivity monitoring in NIMH, Bulgaria and were measured initially for short and long lived beta radionuclides. The methodology developed in FMI, Finland, based on gross alpha counting of 210 Po-the daughter of the combined aerosol filters samples collected in Sofia during the period 2001 -2003 and 2006-2007, is applied. The first results for 210 Pb in particulate matter, fraction below 10 μm (PM10), in February 2012 in Sofia are presented. The alpha counting methodology was successfully applied for daily PM10 quartz filters with the counting uncertainty value of ≤20%. Lead-210 daily concentration is compared to the PM10 mass concentration and elemental lead concentration, determined by EDXRF technique. The comparison between 210 Pb, elemental lead and PM10 mass concentration reveals a different time variation for days with cyclonic weather and mass transport from south-west and an anticyclone episode with increasing PM10, lead-210 and lead concentrations from day to day. An increase in the PM10/ 210 Pb ratio indicates local sources of the particulate mass.

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Section: Lead-210 Concentration In Tsp Samplessupporting

confidence: 80%

Measurements of Lead-210 Activity Concentration in the Ground-Level Air in Finland and Bulgaria

Paatero¹,

Veleva²,

Hristova³

et al. 2017

RadJ

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“…For comparison with the 210 Pb accumulation rates provided by the Sphagnum mosses (presented here), seasonal and long-term variations in total deposition of 210 Pb in southern Germany are available (Winkler et al, 1988;Winkler and Rosner, 2000). At Neuherberg near Munich (490 m asl and an annual average of 855 mm precipitation), the total deposition rate of 210 Pb was found to be 180 Bq m À2 a À1 for the period 1972-1999 (Winkler and Rosner, 2000).…”

Section: Comparison Of Sphagnum Data With Direct Deposition Measuremementioning

confidence: 93%

“…At Neuherberg near Munich (490 m asl and an annual average of 855 mm precipitation), the total deposition rate of 210 Pb was found to be 180 Bq m À2 a À1 for the period 1972-1999 (Winkler and Rosner, 2000). In contrast, the moss samples from the bogs in the NBF yielded accumulation rates of 210 Pb which are only ca.…”

Section: Comparison Of Sphagnum Data With Direct Deposition Measuremementioning

confidence: 94%

“…0.4 lm after 1 week (Bondietti et al, 1988) which is also the average residence time of 210 Pb-bearing aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer (Liu et al, 2001). The supply of atmospheric 210 Pb to the soils and plants of terrestrial ecosystems, therefore, is very strongly correlated with the amount of precipitation (Hill, 1960;Winkler and Rosner, 2000;Garcia-Orellana et al, 2006;Likuku, 2006). However, occult deposition might be important at high altitude sites (Graustein and Turekian, 1989;Le Roux et al, 2008).…”

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Stable (206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) and radioactive (210Pb) lead isotopes in 1year of growth of Sphagnum moss from four ombrotrophic bogs in southern Germany: Geochemical significance and environmental implications

Shotyk

Kempter

Krachler

et al. 2015

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

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“…Hence, 210 Pb Tot activity from marine aerosol was relatively lower than samples collected from inland stations in other studies such as in Detroit, USA, by McNeary (2002) over an 18-month observation period (October 1999-March 2001 ranging between 300 and 4220 μBq/m 3 with mean activity of 1200 μBq/m 3 and the monthly 210 Pb Tot activity over a 12-year monitoring period in Belgrade, Serbia (ranged between 300 and 3170 μBq/m 3 ) and in the southeast of Spain (ranged between 280 and 920 μBq/m 3 with mean activity of 520 μBq/m 3 ; Baskaran 2011). Studies were also conducted in New Haven, CT (ranged between 200 and 1200 μBq/m 3 with mean activity of 580 μBq/m 3 ), by Turekian et al (1983); in Tsukuba, Japan (mean activity of 450 μBq/m 3 ), by Sato et al (1994); in Palermo, Italy (mean activity of 740 μBq/m 3 ), by Cannizaro et al (1999); in southern Germany (mean activity of 570 μBq/m 3 ), by Winkler & Rosner (2000); and in Grenada, Spain (mean activity of 620 μBq/m 3 ), by Azahra et al (2004). All of these studies recorded distinctly higher 210 Pb Tot activity levels than in the study area.…”

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Impact of northern and southern air mass transport on the temporal distribution of atmospheric 210Po and 210Pb in the east coast of Johor, Malaysia

Sabuti

Mohamed

2016

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Concentration activities of (210)Pb and (210)Po in the PM10 were determined to discuss their distribution and chemical behavior in relation to meteorological parameters especially in air mass transport during monsoon events. Marine aerosol samples were collected between January 2009 and December 2010 at the coastal region of Mersing, which is located in the southern South China Sea and is about 160 km northeast of Johor Bahru, as part of the atmosphere-ocean interaction program in Malaysia. About 47 PM10 samples were collected using the Sierra-Andersen model 1200 PM10 sampler over a 2-year sampling campaign between January 2009 and December 2010. Samples were processed using acid digestion sequential extraction techniques to analyze various fractions such as Fe and Mn oxides, organic matter, and residual fractions. While, (210)Pb and (210)Po activities were measured with the Gross Alpha/Beta Counting System model XLB-5 Tennelec® Series 5 and the Alpha Spectrometry (model Alpha Analyst Spectroscopy system with a silicon-surface barrier detector), respectively. The distribution activities of (210)Pb and (210)Po in the PM10 samples were varied from 162 to 881 μBq/m(3) with mean value of 347 ± 170 μBq/m(3) and from 85 to 1009 μBq/m(3) with mean value of 318 ± 202 μBq/m(3), respectively. The analysis showed that (210)Po activity in our samples lies in a border and higher range than global distribution values due to contributions from external sources injected to the atmosphere. The speciation of (210)Pb and (210)Po in marine aerosol corresponds to transboundary haze; e.g., biomass burning especially forest fires and long-range air mass transport of terrestrial dust has enriched concentrations of particle mass in the local atmosphere. The monsoon seems to play an important role in transporting terrestrial dust from Indo-China and northern Asia especially during the northeast monsoon, as well as biogenic pollutants originating from Sumatra and the southern ASEAN region during southwest monsoon events.

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Seasonal and long-term variation of 210Pb concentration in air, atmospheric deposition rate and total deposition velocity in south Germany

Cited by 66 publications

References 13 publications

Measurements of Lead-210 Activity Concentration in the Ground-Level Air in Finland and Bulgaria

Measurements of Lead-210 Activity Concentration in the Ground-Level Air in Finland and Bulgaria

Stable (206Pb, 207Pb, 208Pb) and radioactive (210Pb) lead isotopes in 1year of growth of Sphagnum moss from four ombrotrophic bogs in southern Germany: Geochemical significance and environmental implications

Impact of northern and southern air mass transport on the temporal distribution of atmospheric 210Po and 210Pb in the east coast of Johor, Malaysia

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