Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project

Susana Barbosa; Scott d. Chambers; Wlodzimierz Pawlak; Krzysztof Fortuniak; Jussi Paatero; Annette Röttger; Xuemeng Chen; Stefan Röttger; Damien E Martin; Anca Melintescu; Dafina Kikaj; Angelina Wenger; Kieran M Stanley; Joana Barcelos Ramos; Juha Hatakka; Timo Anttila; Hermanni Aaltonen; Nuno Dias; Maria Eduarda Silva; João Castro; Hanna Lappalainen; Eduardo Azevedo; Markku Kulmala

doi:10.1051/epjn/2025017

Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project

Susana Barbosa^*
, Scott d. Chambers
, Wlodzimierz Pawlak
, Krzysztof Fortuniak
, Jussi Paatero
, Annette Röttger
, Xuemeng Chen
, Stefan Röttger
, Damien E Martin
, Anca Melintescu
, Dafina Kikaj
, Angelina Wenger
, Kieran M Stanley
, Joana Barcelos Ramos
, Juha Hatakka
, Timo Anttila
, Hermanni Aaltonen
, Nuno Dias
, Maria Eduarda Silva
, João Castro

Hanna Lappalainen, Eduardo Azevedo, Markku Kulmala

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Project NuClim (Nuclear observations to improve Climate research and GHG emission estimates) aims to use high-quality measurements of atmospheric radon activity concentration and ambient radioactivity to advance climate science and improve radiation protection and nuclear surveillance capabilities. It is supported by new metrological capabilities developed in the EMPIR project 19ENV01 traceRadon. This work reviews the scientific objectives of project NuClim in terms of both climate science and radiological protection, and provides an overview of the NuClim field campaign and the various nuclear measurements being implemented within the scope of the project.

Original language	English
Article number	14
Number of pages	10
Journal	European Physical Journal N: Nuclear Sciences & Technology
Volume	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025017
Publication status	Published - 14 May 2025

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Barbosa, S., Chambers, S. D., Pawlak, W., Fortuniak, K., Paatero, J., Röttger, A., Chen, X., Röttger, S., Martin, D. E., Melintescu, A., Kikaj, D., Wenger, A., Stanley, K. M., Barcelos Ramos, J., Hatakka, J., Anttila, T., Aaltonen, H., Dias, N., Eduarda Silva, M., ... Kulmala, M. (2025). Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project. European Physical Journal N: Nuclear Sciences & Technology, 11, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025017

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Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project

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