Circulation of cosmogenic 22Na using the global monitoring network of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Publication date: July 2018
Source:Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Volume 187
Author(s): I. Hoffman, B. Lewis, P. Chan
Using a recently published global data set of ²²Na and ⁷Be from the global monitoring network of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), atmospheric circulation and stratosphere-troposphere interactions are examined. Cosmogenic ²²Na has a half-life well-suited to environmental processes with durations from several months to a decade. Combined with corresponding ⁷Be observations, these two cosmogenic isotopes form a useful environmental tracer and new radiochronometer to study physical interactions of air masses in the stratosphere and troposphere.



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