environmental media Corporate Source: Publication Date: Washington Univ., 1980 p 28 (USA) N-8312612 Document Type: Report Language: English Journal Announcement: EDB8303 Availability: NTIS MF AOl- WMO, Geneva, Switzerland. Subfile: ERA (Energy Research Abstracts). -«@ Report Number(s): Seattle Country of Origin: United States / Country of Publication: United States Abstract: Radionuclide monitoring in three environmental systems is described and evaluated in the context of a biogeochemical cycle. The three systems involve monitoring :(1) globally, where fallout tracers are monitored worldwide, (2) regionally, where toxic metals in a fjord marine ecosystem are monitored in water, sediment, and biota, and (3) site specifically, where radionuclides produced by nuclear detonations in an atoll ecosystem are monitored in water, Tritium is used to study exchange processes sediment, and biota. across the tropopause and the processes of ocean mixing and transport. Lead 210 is used to gain insight into removal processes of particulate matter in the atmosphere and the mixed ocean layer. Sediment cores from Puget Sound, dated by Pb 210 - PO 210 techniques are used to study heavy metal pollution from sewage effluent, and the sedimentation rate caused by man’s activities in the region. Monitoring of radionuclides in the food chain at the Bikini Atoll test site is described. The necessity of considering all of the sources and transport mechanisms is shown.; Major Descriptors: *AIR POLLUTION -- MONITORING; *FALLOUT -- MONITORING; *POLLUTANTS -- CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; *POLLUTANTS -- MONITORING; *WATER POLLUTION -- MONITORING Descriptors: AEROSOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAINS; LEAD 210; MIXING; POLONIUM 210; RADIOISOTOPES; TRITIUM; WASHINGTON Broader Terms: ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CHEMISTRY; COLLOIDS; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DISPERSIONS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FEDERAL REGION X; HEAVY NUCLEI; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LEAD ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; POLLUTION; POLONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOCISOTOPES; SOLS; USA; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES Subject Categories: 500200* -- Environment, Atmospheric -- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport -- (-1989) 500300 -- Environment, Atmospheric -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport 520200 (-1989) 520300 10/5/691 (-1989) -- Environment, Aquatic -- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport 01225060 -- -- Environment, Aquatic -- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport --- (1989) (Item 391 from file: EDB-83-125107 103) - Title: Kwajalein missile range, Kwajalein, Marshall Islands range reference atmosphere 0-70 km altitude Corporate Source: Range Commanders Council, White Sands Missile Range, NM (USA) . Meteorological Group Language: English Journal Announcement: Availability: NTIS, ERA8304 PC AO9/MF AOl. Subfile: ERA (Energy Research Abstracts). Country of Origin: United States Country of Publication: United States Abstract: Atmospheric parameters are essential to the research and development of missiles and aerospace vehicles. The need for realistic atmospheric models derived in a consistent manner for each of the several major test ranges was recognized in the early 1960’s. An 900 5897 Publication Date: 1982 p 185 Report Number(s): AD-A-123424/4 Document Type: Report; Numerical data