| Acronym: | NUCLIM |
| Cost Center: | 1229 |
| Title: | Nuclear observations to improve Climate Research and GHG emission estimates |
| Start-End: | 01-09-2024 - 31-08-2028 |
| Entidade Beneficiária Principal: | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso |
| Gestores da FGF: | Matilde Pereira |
| Responsible Researcher: | Joana Barcelos e Ramos |
| R&D Units: | IITAA - Instituto de Investigação em Tecnologias Agrárias e do Ambiente |
| Entidade | Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso |
|---|---|
| Total Financing | 86.651,25 € |
| Comissão Europeia - Comunidade Europeia da Energia Atómica (100.0 %) | 86.651,25 € |
Main Objectives:
Radon (Rn-222) is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas of predominantly terrestrial origin, with a hal?ife of 3.8 days. This combination of characteristics makes radon an unique tracer. Its half-life is long enough to enable radon to accumulate in the continental boundary layer, while short enough to have a strong vertical gradient and very low radon concentrations in the free troposphere. Furthermore, radon’s half-life is comparable to lifetimes of several short-lived atmospheric pollutants (NOx, SO2, CO, O3), and to timescales of relevant atmospheric processes, making it an ideal atmospheric tracer. Constraining long-term changes in hemispheric mean greenhouse gases (GHGs) requires accurate and current observations of baseline conditions from air masses representative of hemispheric background values - typically air that is well mixed and has been removed from the in?uence of point sources of pollution.
Project Description:
Radon (Rn-222) is a naturally occurring radioactive noble gas of predominantly terrestrial origin, with a hal?ife of 3.8 days. This combination of characteristics makes radon an unique tracer. Its half-life is long enough to enable radon to accumulate in the continental boundary layer, while short enough to have a strong vertical gradient and very low radon concentrations in the free troposphere. Furthermore, radon’s half-life is comparable to lifetimes of several short-lived atmospheric pollutants (NOx, SO2, CO, O3), and to timescales of relevant atmospheric processes, making it an ideal atmospheric tracer. Constraining long-term changes in hemispheric mean greenhouse gases (GHGs) requires accurate and current observations of baseline conditions from air masses representative of hemispheric background values - typically air that is well mixed and has been removed from the in?uence of point sources of pollution.
