A dust storm over the Ukraine and Belarus territory contaminated by radionuclides after the Chernobyl accident

Author: Ogorodnikov B.I.

Reference: Gazette “МЕТЕОРОЛОГИЯ И ГИДРОЛОГИЯ“ (RUSSIAN METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY), 2011

ISSN: 0130-2906

DOI: 10.3103/S106837391109007X 

Keywords: meteorology, hydrology, dust, storm

Abstract: Observation of meteorological situation during a dust storm, investigated  between 5^th and 7^th September 1992, in fields in Ukraine and Belarus affected by the Chernobyl accident. The maximum of average wind speed at Chernobyl and Pripyat was 10-12 m / s, gusts reached 20 m / s. The concentration of radioactive aerosols in the Chernobyl exclusion zone was increased by one to two orders of magnitude. Transfer of radioactive dust particles was registered in the vicinity of Vilnius.

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