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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:creator>L. L. Thatcher</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1962</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;In&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;1958 the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Weather Bureau jointly conducted a study of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;fallout&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;distribution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;over&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the continental United States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico. The observation period extended from early April to late July&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;most areas. While this was insufficient to cover the decay side of the curve, it was sufficiently long to establish general trends of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;activity contours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;activities were found to be maximum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;north&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;central part of the country and minimum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;coastal areas. The&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;activities show an inverse correlation with chloride concentrations&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;precipitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;Tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;activities&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;precipitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;appear to be influenced by several “low altitude effects” particularly&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;storms of brief duration. Ground level&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;activity measurements are not directly representative of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;tritium&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="ScopusTermHighlight"&gt;in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;cloud moisture because of these effects.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1080/02626666209493255</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>Taylor &amp; Francis</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>The distribution of tritium fallout in precipitation over North America</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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