Fallout Measurements Database Search Form Instructions
The Fallout Measurements Database Search Form, located in the upper frame, is used to search the Fallout database for measurement data collected by EML. All of the Search Form selection options are linked to this instructional frame. Please select your search criteria and submit the Form. After submitting the Form, your search will be executed and the search results will appear in this frame, replacing these instructions.
Please be patient and only click submit *once*. You can move the window separator up or down to show the results better or execute another search from the Form.
The time taken to execute your query depends on the number of records returned. If you do not set limits on the records sought above, your query will return approximately 30,000 records, which may take several minutes to process and lead to a timeout error. Limiting your query to one site or to a range of dates is highly recommended. More limited queries should be much faster, and very specific queries should execute almost instantly. You can also reduce this delay by selecting fewer records to be displayed at one time. Once you click the submit button, there will be a pause while the query is executed on our database; then the data will begin downloading. Depending upon your web browser, you may or may not receive a visual indication of activity after clicking the submit button but the query *is* working.
Please be patient and only click submit *once*. Selecting sites: There are over 100 different sites where fallout samples have been collected under EML's Fallout analysis program. You can choose to search across every site or on just one of them. Select your site from the pull-down menu. The table listed below presents the Site Name, Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, and current operational status (COS) of the sites. The current operational status indicates Y if the site is currently operational or N if the site is no longer in operation.
Here is a table of the locations of the various sites:
COS Site Name Collector Type Latitude Longitude Altitude (m) Y Antarctica: Halley Bay Funnel and Bottle 75°40' S 25° 30' W 10 Y Argentina: Buenos Aires Ion-Exchange Column 34°37' S 58° 26' W 20 N Argentina: Formosa (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 26°11' S 58° 10' W 58 N Argentina: Malargue (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 35°29' S 69° 35' W 1441 N Australia: Adelaide (data only) Steel pot 34°56' S 138° 35' E 43 N Australia: Adelaide (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 34°56' S 138° 35' E 43 N Australia: Brisbane (data only) Steel pot 27°28' S 153° 02' E 42 N Australia: Brisbane (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 27°28' S 153° 02' E 42 N Australia: Darwin (data only) Steel pot 12°28' S 130° 51' E 30 N Australia: Darwin (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 12°28' S 130° 51' E 30 N Australia: Hobart Steel pot 42°53' S 147° 20' E 54 N Australia: Hobart Ion-Exchange Column 42°53' S 147° 20' E 54 N Australia: Melbourne (data only) Steel pot 37°49' S 144° 58' E 47 N Australia: Melbourne (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 37°49' S 144° 58' E 47 N Australia: Perth (data only) Steel pot 31°57' S 115° 51' E 64 N Australia: Perth (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 31°57' S 115° 51' E 64 N Australia: Sydney (data only) Steel pot 33°52' S 151° 12' E 42 N Australia: Sydney (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 33°52' S 151° 12' E 42 N Australia: Townsville (data only) Steel pot 19°18' S 146° 48' E 4 N Australia: Townsville (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 19°18' S 146° 48' E 4 N Austria: Klagenfurt Steel pot 46°39' N 14° 20' E 448 Y Austria: Klagenfurt Ion-Exchange Column 46°39' N 14° 20' E 448 N Austria: Vienna Steel pot 48°15' N 16° 22' E 203 N Austria: Vienna Ion-Exchange Column 48°15' N 16° 22' E 203 Y Azores: Lajes Field Ion-Exchange Column 38°44' N 27° 04' W 112 N Bahamas: Bimini (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 25°40' N 79° 15' W 0 Y Bolivia: Chacaltaya Ion-Exchange Column 16°21' S 68° 08' W 5222 N Bolivia: La Paz (City) (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 16°30' S 68° 07' W 3508 N Bolivia: La Paz (Ovejuyo) (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 16°32' S 68° 04' W 3421 N Brazil: Belem Ion-Exchange Column 1°27' S 48° 29' W 8 N Brazil: Brasilia (data only) Steel pot 15°52' S 47° 56' W 1052 N Brazil: Itaici Sao Paulo (data only) Steel pot 23°06' S 47° 11' W 668 N Brazil: Manaus (data only) Steel pot 3°02' S 60° 01' W 29 N Brazil: Nova Friburgo (data only) Steel pot 22°17' S 42° 32' W 854 N Brazil: Recife (data only) Steel pot 8°02' S 34° 58' W 3 Y Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Steel pot 22°54' S 43° 13' W 9 N Brazil: Rio de Janeiro Ion-Exchange Column 22°54' S 43° 13' W 9 N Brazil: S. Jose dos Campos (data only) Steel pot 23°14' S 45° 51' W 643 N Brazil: Sao Leopoldo (data only) Steel pot 29°45' S 51° 11' W 35 N Brazil: Trindade Island (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 20°31' S 29° 20' W 92 Y Canada: Moosonee Ion-Exchange Column 51°16' N 80° 89' W 10 N Canada: Newfoundland (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 48°32' N 58° 34' W 26 N Canada: Newfoundland (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 53°19' N 60° 25' W 54 N Ceylon: Colombo (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 6°55' N 79° 52' E 15 Y Chile: Antarctica: Isla Dec Ion-Exchange Column 62°56' S 60° 36' W 16 N Chile: Antofagasta Ion-Exchange Column 23°37' S 70° 16' W 35 N Chile: Concepcion (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 36°50' S 73° 02' W 10 N Chile: Cristo Redentor (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°50' S 70° 07' W 3830 N Chile: Isla Rob. Crusoe (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 33°37' S 78° 52' W 6 N Chile: Linares (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 35°51' S 71° 36' W 157 N Chile: Portillo (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°25' S 70° 08' W 2850 N Chile: Puerto Montt Ion-Exchange Column 41°26' S 73° 07' W 110 Y Chile: Punta Arenas Ion-Exchange Column 53°00' S 70° 50' W 74 Y Chile: Santiago Steel pot 33°29' S 70° 40' W 522 Y Chile: Santiago Ion-Exchange Column 33°27' S 70° 42' W 520 N Chile: Temuco (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 38°46' S 72° 35' W 113 Y Chile:Easter Island Ion-Exchange Column 27°10' S 109° 26' W 41 Y China: Hong Kong Ion-Exchange Column 22°18' N 114° 12' E 8 Y China: Hong Kong Funnel and Bottle 22°30' N 114° 0' E N Columbia: Bogota (data only) Steel pot 4°38' N 74° 05' W 2632 N Congo: Bunia Ion-Exchange Column 1°32' N 30° 13' E 1225 N Congo: Kinshasa Ion-Exchange Column 4°18' S 15° 18' E 319 N Congo: Kinshasa Ion-Exchange Column 4°20' S 15° 18' E 305 N Congo: Lubumbashi (formerly Karavia) Ion-Exchange Column 11°38' S 27° 26' E 1276 N Costa Rica: Turrialba (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 9°53' N 83° 39' W 606 Y Cyprus: Akrotiri Funnel and Bottle 34°40' N 32° 54' E Y Ecuador: Guayaquil Ion-Exchange Column 2°10' S 79° 52' W 7 N Ecuador: Quito (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 0°14' S 78° 30' W 2837 N Ethiopia: Addis Ababa (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 9°03' N 38° 42' E 3004 N Fiji: Suva Ion-Exchange Column 18°09' S 178° 25' E 11 N Germany: Munich Ion-Exchange Column 48°08' N 11° 35' E 1000 N Germany: Rhein Main AFB (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 50°02' N 8° 34' E 112 N Greenland: Thule (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 76°35' N 68° 38' W 290 Y Iceland: Keflavik Ion-Exchange Column 63°58' N 22° 36' W 56 N Iran: Tehran (data only) Steel pot 35°44' N 51° 23' E 1362 N Italy: Florence (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 43°47' N 11° 15' E 50 N Italy: Milan (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 45°28' N 9° 12' E 122 N Japan: Chichi Jima (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 27°00' N 143° 00' E N Japan: Hiroshima Steel pot 34°23' N 132° 27' E 23 N Japan: Iwo Jima (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 24°47' N 141° 19' E 113 N Japan: Misawa (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 40°42' N 141° 22' E 36 N Japan: Nagasaki Steel pot 32°45' N 129° 52' E 61 N Japan: Tachikawa (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 35°42' N 139° 24' E 98 N Kenya: Kikuyu Steel pot 1°13' S 36° 38' E 2074 N Kenya: Nairobi (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 1°17' S 36° 49' E 1663 N Lebanon: Beirut (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 33°54' N 35° 28' E 38 N Liberia: Monrovia (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 6°20' N 10° 46' W N Libya: Ben Gashir Tripoli (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°54' N 13° 11' E 9 N Libya: Cyrene (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°49' N 21° 51' E 621 N Libya: Wheelus AB (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°54' N 13° 17' E 14 Y Malaysia: Singapore Funnel and Bottle 1°30' N 104° 0' E N Malaysia: Singapore (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 1°20' N 103° 50' E 8 Y Marshall Islands: Majuro Island Ion-Exchange Column 7°05' N 171° 23' E 3 N Mexico: Mexico City (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 19°26' N 99° 03' W 2239 Y Micronesia: Chuuk Island (formerly Truk) Ion-Exchange Column 7°28' N 151° 51' E 2 N Micronesia: Pohnpei Island (formerly Ponape) Ion-Exchange Column 6°58' N 158° 13' E 38 N Micronesia: Yap Island Ion-Exchange Column 9°31' N 138° 08' E 18 N Morocco: Rabat (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 34°02' N 6° 51' W N Morocco: Sidi Sli AFB (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°51' N 8° 32' W Y New Zealand: Wellington Ion-Exchange Column 41°17' S 174° 46' E 34 N Nigeria: Lagos (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 6°26' N 3° 24' E 1 N Norway: Oslo (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 59°56' N 10° 45' E 12 Y Norway: Tromso Funnel and Bottle 69°50' N 19° 0' E N Pakistan: Karachi (data only) Steel pot 24°51' N 67° 02' E 15 N Pakistan: Karachi (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 24°51' N 67° 02' E 15 N Pakistan: Lahore (data only) Steel pot 31°39' N 74° 22' E 214 N Pakistan: Lahore (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 31°39' N 74° 22' E 214 N Pakistan: Rawalpindi (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 33°40' N 73° 08' E Y Palau: Koror Island Ion-Exchange Column 7°21' N 134° 31' E 31 N Panama Canal Zone Ion-Exchange Column 8°55' N 79° 36' W 10 Y Peru: Lima Ion-Exchange Column 12°06' S 77° 03' W 153 Y Peru: Lima Ion-Exchange Column 12°01' S 77° 07' W 30 N Phillippines: Cebu City (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 10°20' N 123° 54' E 34 N Phillippines: Clark AB Ion-Exchange Column 15°11' N 120° 33' E 10 N Phillippines: Quezon City (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 14°40' N 121° 05' E 70 N Portugal: Sacavern (data only) Steel pot 38°47' N 9° 06' W 50 N Saudi Arabia: Dhahran (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 26°18' N 50° 05' E N Scotland: Prestwick (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 55°30' N 4° 37' W 9 N South Africa: Durban Steel pot 29°52' S 30° 59' E 156 Y South Africa: Pretoria Steel pot 25°45' S 28° 14' E 1369 N South Korea: Mokpo (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 34°50' N 126° 25' E Y South Korea: Seoul Ion-Exchange Column 37°30' N 127° 00' E N Syria: Damascus (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 33°29' N 36° 14' E 734 N Syria: Kamishly (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 37°03' N 41° 13' E 452 N Taiwan: Tainan (data only) Steel pot 23°01' N 120° 14' E Y Taiwan: Taipei Steel pot 25°05' N 121° 32' E N Taiwan: Taitung (data only) Steel pot 22°45' N 121° 10' E Y Thailand: Bangkok Steel pot 13°44' N 100° 30' E 23 N Thailand: Bangkok Ion-Exchange Column 13°44' N 100° 30' E 23 N UAR: Alexandria Ion-Exchange Column 31°13' N 29° 55' E 8 N UAR: Cairo (Inshas) (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 30°23' N 31° 23' E Y United Kingdom: Gibraltar Funnel and Bottle 36°0' N 5° 30' E N USA: Alabama: Birmingham Steel pot 33°30' N 86° 55' W 183 N USA: Alaska: Anchorage Ion-Exchange Column 61°10' N 149° 59' W 27 N USA: Alaska: Barrow (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 71°16' N 156° 50' W 4 Y USA: Alaska: Cold Bay Ion-Exchange Column 55°12' N 162° 43' W 31 Y USA: Alaska: Fairbanks Ion-Exchange Column 64°49' N 147° 52' W 143 N USA: Alaska: Juneau (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 58°22' N 134° 35' W 5 Y USA: Alaska: Nome Ion-Exchange Column 64°30' N 165° 30' W 7 N USA: American Samoa: Tutuila (Pago Pago) Plastic bucket 14°15' S 170° 43' W 77 Y USA: American Samoa: Tutuila (Pago Pago) Ion-Exchange Column 14°16' S 170° 43' W 0 Y USA: Bermuda: Kindley AFB Ion-Exchange Column 32°22' N 64° 31' W 8 N USA: California: Palo Alto (data only) Steel pot 37°30' N 122° 15' W 6 N USA: California: Palo Alto (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 37°30' N 122° 15' W 6 N USA: California: Richmond (data only) Steel pot 37°56' N 122° 20' W 20 N USA: California: Richmond (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 37°56' N 122° 20' W 20 N USA: California: San Francisco Ion-Exchange Column 37°37' N 122° 23' W 30 N USA: California: W Los Angeles Steel pot 34°04' N 118° 27' W 125 N USA: Canton Island (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 2°46' S 171° 43' W 2 Y USA: Colorado: Denver Ion-Exchange Column 39°46' N 104° 53' W 1611 N USA: Eniwetok Atoll (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 11°21' N 162° 21' E 4 N USA: Florida: Coral Gables (data only) Steel pot 25°44' N 80° 17' W 3 Y USA: Florida: Miami Ion-Exchange Column 25°49' N 80° 17' W 4 N USA: Guam: Anderson AFB Ion-Exchange Column 13°35' N 144° 55' E 185 N USA: Hawaii: Hilo (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 19°43' N 155° 04' W 11 N USA: Hawaii: Honolulu (data only) Steel pot 21°19' N 157° 50' W 24 N USA: Hawaii: Lihue Ion-Exchange Column 21°59' N 159° 21' W 35 N USA: Hawaii: Mauna Loa Plastic bucket 19°28' N 155° 31' W 3401 Y USA: Hawaii: Mauna Loa Ion-Exchange Column 19°32' N 155° 35' W 3401 N USA: Illinois: Argonne Steel pot 41°42' N 87° 59' W 228 N USA: Illinois: Argonne Plastic bucket 41°42' N 87° 59' W 228 N USA: Johnston Island Ion-Exchange Column 16°45' N 169° 32' W 0 N USA: Kentucky: Louisville (data only) Steel pot 38°13' N 85° 48' W 137 N USA: Kentucky: Louisville (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 38°13' N 85° 48' W 137 N USA: Louisiana: New Orleans Ion-Exchange Column 30°00' N 90° 03' W 1 N USA: Maryland: Silver Hill (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 39°00' N 77° 01' W N USA: Massachusetts: Woods Hole (data only) Steel pot 41°33' N 70° 40' W 11 N USA: Minnesota: Intl Falls Ion-Exchange Column 48°34' N 93° 26' W 360 N USA: Missouri: Columbia Ion-Exchange Column 38°58' N 92° 20' W 237 N USA: Montana: Helena Ion-Exchange Column 46°36' N 112° 00' W 1187 Y USA: New Jersey: Chester Plastic bucket 40°48' N 74° 40' W 268 N USA: New Jersey: Westwood (data only) Steel pot 41°00' N 74° 02' W 38 N USA: New Jersey: Westwood (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 41°00' N 74° 02' W 38 Y USA: New Mexico: Santa Teresa Ion-Exchange Column 31°52' N 106° 42' W N USA: New York: New York Steel pot 40°40' N 73° 50' W 17 N USA: New York: New York Plastic bucket 40°44' N 74° 00' W 56 Y USA: New York: New York Ion-Exchange Column 40°44' N 74° 0' W 56 Y USA: North Dakota: Williston Ion-Exchange Column 48°10' N 103° 38' W 5 N USA: Ohio: Wooster Steel pot 40°47' N 81° 50' W 367 N USA: Ohio: Wooster Ion-Exchange Column 40°47' N 81° 50' W 367 N USA: Oklahoma: Midwest City (data only) Steel pot 35°25' N 97° 30' W 364 N USA: Oklahoma: Tulsa (data only) Steel pot 36°07' N 95° 58' W 245 Y USA: Oregon: Medford Ion-Exchange Column 42°22' N 122° 52' W 400 N USA: Pennsylvania: PIttsburgh (data only) Steel pot 40°26' N 80° 00' W 227 N USA: Pennsylvania: PIttsburgh (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 40°26' N 80° 00' W 227 Y USA: Puerto Rico: San Juan Ion-Exchange Column 18°26' N 66° 00' W 10 N USA: South Carolina: Columbia Ion-Exchange Column 33°57' N 81° 07' W 66 N USA: South Dakota: Vermillion Steel pot 42°47' N 96° 56' W 372 N USA: Tennessee: Chattanooga (data only) Steel pot 35°03' N 85° 20' W 206 N USA: Texas: Dallas (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 32°51' N 96° 51' W 160 N USA: Texas: El Paso Ion-Exchange Column 31°48' N 106° 24' W 1204 N USA: Texas: Houston Steel pot 29°45' N 95° 25' W 12 N USA: Texas: Houston Ion-Exchange Column 29°39' N 95° 17' W 22 N USA: Texas: Houston Ion-Exchange Column 29°45' N 95° 25' W 12 N USA: Utah: Salt Lake City (data only) Steel pot 40°46' N 110° 49' W 1516 N USA: Virginia: Sterling Ion-Exchange Column 38°59' N 77° 28' W 82 Y USA: Wake Island Ion-Exchange Column 19°17' N 166° 39' E 3 N USA: Washington: Forks Ion-Exchange Column 48°22' N 124° 36' W 26 N USA: Washington: Seattle (data only) Steel pot 47°35' N 122° 20' W 3 N USA: Washington: Seattle (data only) Steel pot 47°35' N 122° 20' W 3 N USA: Wisconsin: Appleton (data only) Steel pot 44°15' N 88° 25' W 229 N USA: Wisconsin: Green Bay Ion-Exchange Column 44°29' N 88° 08' W 210 N Venezuela: Caracas (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 10°24' N 66° 59' W 1751 N Venezuela: Caracas (data only) Ion-Exchange Column 10°03' N 66° 48' W 926 N Zimbabwe: Salisbury (formerly Rhodesia) Steel pot 17°48' S 31° 03' E 1495 Selecting dates: You can select a beginning and ending quarter to limit your search, or you can search through all samples collected. Originally, samples were collected and analyzed on a monthly basis; however, in 1976, EML changed to a quarterly cycle. Older samples will be identified with a month and quarter, while newer ones may have just a quarter. Up through 1990 the procedure was to analyze the samples and not retain them. Since 1990, EML has not analyzed any fallout samples, but has retained them for future research or for comparison in case of a radiation release.
Selecting just a year will include all samples from that year and later/earlier. Selecting both a quarter and year will return all samples from that quarter and later/earlier. Selecting a quarter without a corresponding year is not meaningful. If your start date is after your end date, your results set will be quite small.
Selecting type of collector:There have been three types of collectors employed during this program: one of steel, one of polyethylene, and an ion-exchange column. If you wish to limit your search to samples collected using just one of these collectors, you can make a selection in this field.
Rainfall display: Checking this box will display the rainfall observed at the site during the collection period.
Deposition display: Checking this box will display the fallout deposition in (millicuries / square kilometer).
Ratio display: Checking this box will display the ratio of 89Sr deposited to Sr-90. These ratios were only calculated during a few years of the program.
All of the three types of data are flagged in our database with a code providing more information about the value. If you display the data on your web browser, you'll see a text description of the codes modifying each data value. But if you download the data for further manipulation, it may be easier to work with the codes rather than text. The flags describe the values in the database as follows:
0 = No data is available
1 = Real number value
2 = Real number equal to zero or below detection limit
3 = Approximate value
4 = Lower limit of true value
5 = Value estimated by extrapolation
Archived sample display: Checking this check box will show whether a given sample has been retained in EML's archive after analysis.
Collector description: Checking this box will show you what type of collector was employed for each sample.
Displaying records: This box allows you to select how many records will display on screen at one time. Extremely large HTML tables can cause problems with your web browser when it attempts to parse and display them and can increase the time needed to download the information over a slow internet connection. Choosing a large number of records at a time can create tables large enough to crash your web browser. You have been warned. On the other hand, the query is executed again for each page displayed, which can be time-consuming if the query is complex. This choice is only meaningful for the hyperlinked display and is ignored for the comma-delimited format.
Standard display: Clicking the Submit button will submit the search and return it in standard form. All records which meet your criteria will be displayed, along with any appropriate columns of information according to your selections. Sample ID's are linked to a pop-up display of all information about that sample for your convenience. You will need to have Javascript enabled on your web browser to be able to click on them, and you can just close the pop-up window when you are done looking at the extra information.
Comma-delimited display: Comma-delimited format is useful to allow people to download sections of the Fallout database and import them into spreadsheet or database applications. The format parallels the hyperlinked display - it should provide exactly the same records and fields as the hyperlinked display. You can thus refine your query with the web display and then download a file suitable for data manipulation. After clicking on the button, your web browser will ask if you want to save the file to disk - you should answer yes and give it a name ending in .txt because it is a plain-text file. When importing, you should treat all fields (or at least the sample ID fields) as "text" and not as "general" or "numeric" because many of the sample ID numbers have leading zeros which will be eliminated if they are treated as numbers.
The EML Sample Archives makes available environmental radiological data collected for programs funded through the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the U. S. Energy Research and Development Administration and the U. S. Department of Energy. All of these programs have been terminated. The databases were last updated in 1999. No additional data will be added to these databases. Any inquiries about these programs should be made to webmaster@eml.doe.gov.