The GIS-based SafeAirView software for the concentration assessment of radioactive pollutants after an accidental release

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  Canepa, Elisa ^a   D'Alberti, Francesco ^b   D'Amati, Francesco ^b   Triacchini, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersion modelling; GIS; Model evaluation; Nuclear releases

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISPERSIONS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DISPERSION MODELING; MODEL EVALUATION; NUCLEAR RELEASES;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

TRACER;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARTOGRAPHY; DATA SET; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SAFEAIRVIEW; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ITALY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; SOFTWARE;

COPENHAGEN [KOBENHAVNS]; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; ILLINOIS; INDIANA; INDIANAPOLIS; ISPRA; ITALY; KINCAID; KOBENHAVNS; LOMBARDY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES; VARESE;

EID: 33846290277     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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