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Measurement and modelling of gaseous elemental iodine (I2) dry deposition velocity on grass in the environment

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Assessing the impact of radioactive iodine on humans subsequent to a nuclear accident requires a better understanding of its behaviour in the environment. An original approach aimed at developing a model constrained by data collected during experimental campaigns has been developed. These experimental campaigns, named MIOSEC 2 and MIOSEC 3 respectively, were conducted in the middle of grassland. They are based on emissions of gaseous elemental iodine (I2) into the atmosphere above the grassland to determine the dry deposition velocities of iodine on the grass and to model these velocities as a function of the environmental conditions, particularly wind friction velocity, sensible heat flux, and stomatal resistance. The measured dry deposition velocities were between 0.02 and 0.49 cm s-1 during MIOSEC 2, varying by more than one order of magnitude, and between 0.48 and 1.25 cm s−1 during MIOSEC 3. The dry deposition model for iodine developed as a result of these experiments relies on the micrometeorological characteristics of the atmospheric surface layer, the pertinent physical and chemical properties of the iodine and the surface properties of the grass; all these parameters were measured at the time of the experiments. Given the experimental conditions, the modelled dry deposition velocities varied between 0.11 and 0.51 cm s−1 during MIOSEC 2 and between 0.31 and 1.6 cm s−1 during MIOSEC 3. The dry deposition model for iodine indicates that the variations in deposition velocity are induced by the mechanical turbulence, since there is significant correlation between the dry deposition velocities of iodine and the wind friction velocities on grass. The model also shows that the higher deposition velocity values during MIOSEC 3 are due to the fact that the stomata were more open during the experiments. There is also significant correlation between the experimental results and modelled values both for MIOSEC 2 (R2 = 0.61) and for MIOSEC 3 (R2 = 0.71).
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hal-03146199 , version 1 (18-02-2021)

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Oumar Telly Bah, Didier Hebert, Olivier Connan, Luc Solier, Philippe Laguionie, et al.. Measurement and modelling of gaseous elemental iodine (I2) dry deposition velocity on grass in the environment. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 2020, 219, pp.106253. ⟨10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106253⟩. ⟨hal-03146199⟩
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