Using nuclear observations to improve climate research and GHG emission estimates – the NuClim project
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.
Authors
- Markku Kulmala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-7825)
- Jussi Paatero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3262-1501)
- Kieran Stanley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3388-0932)
- João Aguiar Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5475-5156)
- Angelina Wenger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5011-1751)
- Krzysztof Fortuniak
- Stefan Röttger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4750-9563)
- Hermanni Aaltonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-0433)
- Dafina Kikaj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7801-7396)
- Eduardo Brito de Azevedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5172-7742)
- Susana Barbosa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2198-3715)
- Maria Eduarda Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2972-2050)
- Nuno Dias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8625-3505)
- Annette Röttger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-5795)
- Juliana Nunes Ramos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7063-6720)
- Juha Hatakka
- Timo Anttila (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3084-8160)
- Xuemeng Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7731-6842)
- Anca Melintescu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7468-3439)
- Hanna K. Lappalainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3221-2318)
- Scott D. Chambers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2521-959X)
- Włodzimierz Pawlak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-4787)
- Damien Martin
Institutions
- Universidade dos Açores (PT)
- Finnish Meteorological Institute (FI)
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (DE)
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (AU)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- National Physical Laboratory (GB)
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (FI)
- University of Łódź (PL)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (RO)
- INESC TEC (PT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- EPJ Nuclear Sciences & Technologies
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1051/epjn/2025017
- Primary Topic
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- European Commission
- Office of Science
- Euratom Research and Training Programme
- Biological and Environmental Research
- European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research