Evaluation of 7Be and 133Xe atmospheric radioactivity time series measured at four CTBTO radionuclide stations

Time series analysis of 7Be and 133Xe atmospheric data and meteorological parameters measured at four CTBTO/IMS radionuclide stations have shown great variability in terms of noise structures, harmonic content, cross-correlation patterns and local Hurst exponent behaviour. This study focused on highlighting and characterising both differences and similarities expected for these radionuclides due to their different physical and chemical characteristics along with their different source terms. Detrended crosscorrelation analysis of different meteorological parameters influencing the residuals time series has shown that for Canadian and American stations the parameters mostly affecting radionuclide concentrations in the air seem to be wind direction and atmospheric pressure.