Characterizing the State of the Urban Surface Layer Using Radon‐222

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dc.contributor.authorChambers, SDen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPodstawczyńska, Aen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPawlak, Wen_AU
dc.contributor.authorFortuniak, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, AGen_AU
dc.contributor.authorGriffiths, ADen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-11T05:20:50Zen_AU
dc.date.available2025-03-11T05:20:50Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2019-01-27en_AU
dc.date.statistics2025-02-05en_AU
dc.description.abstractFour years of summertime paired urban‐rural meteorological and radon observations in central Poland are used to assess the relationship between atmospheric stability and urban‐induced changes to the radiation balance and surface energy budget. An existing radon‐based technique for nocturnal stability classification is improved and extended to also infer daytime mixing conditions. The radon‐based scheme is shown to provide a simple, effective, objective means of investigating urban energy budget closure over a range of meteorological conditions, which promises to improve estimates of energy storage and loss terms associated with urban canopies. Special attention is paid to quantifying atmospheric characteristics associated with the arbitrarily assigned radon‐derived stability categories in terms of the more conventional measures: bulk Richardson number and the Monin‐Obukhov stability parameter (z/L). The bulk Richardson number approach is demonstrated to be less effective at grouping periods of similar mean stability, and less selective of extremely stable conditions, than the radon‐based technique. A simple box model is used in conjunction with radon observations and an assumed source function of 15 mBq·m−2·s−1, to show that nocturnal effective mixing heights were deeper and less variable over the urban region. On stable nights hourly median effective mixing heights were 15–20 m over the rural region compared to 40–45 m over the urban region. ©2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationChambers, S. D., Podstawczyńska, A., Pawlak, W., Fortuniak, K., Williams, A. G., & Griffiths, A. D. (2019). Characterizing the state of the urban surface layer ssing Radon-222. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(2), 770-788 doi:10.1029/2018JD029507en_AU
dc.identifier.issn2169-897Xen_AU
dc.identifier.issn2169-8996en_AU
dc.identifier.issue2en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheresen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination770-788en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2018jd029507en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/16041en_AU
dc.identifier.volume124en_AU
dc.languageEnglishen_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)en_AU
dc.subjectRadonen_AU
dc.subjectMeteorologyen_AU
dc.subjectPolanden_AU
dc.subjectAtmosphericsen_AU
dc.subjectUrban areasen_AU
dc.subjectSurfacesen_AU
dc.titleCharacterizing the State of the Urban Surface Layer Using Radon‐222en_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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