A model for prediction of radon concentration in the Postojna cave
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Postojna Cave is the biggest of 12 show caves in Slovenia. Because of elevated radon concentrations, it has been under permanent radon survey since 1995 [1]. The driving force for air movement in the cave, and thus the inflow of fresh air and release of the cave air to the atmosphere, is the temperature difference between the cave air and outdoors [2]. In our study, we intend to predict radon concentration in the cave air on the basis of this temperature difference.
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