Project description
Nuclear observation for climate research and GHG assessment
Radon is a unique atmospheric tracer. High-quality direct and indirect measurements of radon concentration can advance climate science, radiation protection and nuclear surveillance. These observations will provide a precise baseline for European greenhouse gas (GHG) levels and assist in environmental studies. The EU-funded NUCLIM project aims to investigate the influence of terrestrial factors on air masses, measure pollution events and explore the impact of natural planktonic communities on GHG emissions. Additionally, it will analyse marine boundary layer clouds and aerosols, and study wet deposition and meteorological processes affecting ambient gamma dose rates for nuclear surveillance networks.
Objective
Radon is an unique atmospheric tracer, and high-quality measurements of direct atmospheric radon concentration complemented by indirect (by progeny) measurements at a key unique location in the Atlantic will open up multiple possibilities for climate science, as well as in terms of radio protection and nuclear surveillance.
The radon observations will provide an accurate time-varying baseline reference level for European GHG enabling clearer distinction between emissions and slowly changing background levels.
In addition to GHG baseline estimates, the quantification - based on atmospheric radon concentration - of the degree of terrestrial influence on air masses will significantly assist multiple atmospheric and multidisciplinary environmental studies. These will be addressed in the project, including the quantification of pollution events, the investigation of the feedback of natural planktonic communities occurring at the surface North Atlantic to GHG emissions, and atmospheric studies of marine boundary layer clouds and aerosols.
The project will also increase understanding on wet deposition and meteorological processes influencing ambient gamma dose rate that need to be taken into account in setting threshold alarm levels of nuclear surveillance networks for radiological protection purposes.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry noble gases
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
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Programme(s)
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EURATOM2027 - Euratom Research and Training Programme (EURATOM)
MAIN PROGRAMME
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EURATOM.1.1.4 - Nuclear science and ionizing radiation applications, radiation protection, emergency preparedness
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EURATOM-RIA - EURATOM Research and Innovation Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EURATOM-2023-NRT-01
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4200 465 PORTO
Portugal
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