DescriptionAEC-71-9082 OCEANIC STUDIES FILTER. . . The development of high-volume filtration-sorption water sampling systems for the collection of radionuclides enables Pacific Northwest Laboratory scientists to measure concentration of naturally occurring radionuclides, fission products, and stable elements in the air and sea. This system was used exclusively in the largest AEC study within the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological experiments (BONEX). The primary mission of this studies was the investigation of air-sea interaction mechanisms, the fundamental processes which drive the atmosphere’s circulation and weather systems. By comparing radionuclide concentrations in the air just above the sea with their concentrations in the sea, the scientists can calculate the deposition rates and predict the deposition and concentration of radioactivity and pollutants in the ocean. Credit: Battelle-Northwest
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