Interactive comment on “Influence of a component of solar irradiance on radon signals
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The eventual influence of environmental parameters relates primarily to temperature and pressure. Temperature is stable at the site and thus pressure is raised as a possible influencing factor. This point was also raised by reviewer #2. Below is our response. âĂć We performed a statistical evaluation (Kendall rank test) of the data presented Fig. 9. This data set is important as it refers to radon measurement with an alpha detector. âĂć We did a similar evaluation for further data sets of gamma radiation and pressure and thereby covering the full monitoring range. Radon time series in the natural environment often show variations which have similarities with to those of environmental parameters – primarily pressure and temperature. This probably leads to ambiguity when analysis is performed in the time or in the frequency domain. The ambiguity is enhanced when short data sets are used or when the radon signal is relatively low (as in the case at LNGS). To overcome this difficulty we maintain that analysis in the combined frequency-time domain is of superior significance. This approach we presented in Figs, 11-12.
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We thank the editor for the review and discussion as well as for the various specific points which were raised for discussion. Some of the main points of the discussion parallel those raised by reviewer #2 and the reader therefore the reader is also referred to our response to that regiew. The Editor: In my opinion the authors do not produce a convincing argument that environmentally related pr...
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تاریخ انتشار 2013