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Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4455-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4455-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
Research article
 | 
21 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 21 Aug 2019

Identifying persistent temperature inversion events in a subalpine basin using radon-222

Dafina Kikaj, Janja Vaupotič, and Scott D. Chambers

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A new method was developed to identify persistent temperature inversion events in a subalpine basin using a radon-based method (RBM). By comparing with an existing pseudo-vertical temperature gradient method, the RBM was shown to be more reliable and seasonally independent. The RBM has the potential to increase the understanding of meteorological controls on air pollution episodes in complex terrain beyond the capability of contemporary atmospheric stability classification tools.
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