Chernobyl-Air-Concentration: Radioactive Isotope Measurements After the Disaster

Concentration measurements for Iodine-131, Caesium-134, and Caesium-137 aerosol particles collected after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Data includes location coordinates, sampling dates, and hourly durations for each measurement. The dataset was extracted from the REM data bank at the CEC Joint Research Centre Ispra.

Use Cases

• Mapping radioactive plume dispersion based on location coordinates and isotope concentrations
• Analyzing temporal decay patterns of isotopes based on date and sampling hour data
• Comparing contamination levels across different countries and localities
• Estimating exposure risks based on concentration values and sampling duration

Strengths

• Includes measurements for three specific radioactive isotopes (I-131, Cs-134, Cs-137)
• Provides precise geospatial coordinates (latitude and longitude) for each sampling location
• Contains temporal data with date and hour of sampling end

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

REM data bank at CEC Joint Research Centre Ispra

Collection Method

Data extracted from a joint research centre database

Geography

Locations across multiple countries, likely in Europe