Asteroid Risk Assessment: A Probabilistic Approach

Risk Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 244-261

  Reinhardt, Jason C ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Liu, Wenhao ^a   Manchev, Petar ^a   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Impact risk analysis; Near Earth objects (NEOs); Planetary defense

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; EARTH (PLANET); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION; RISKS;

DEFENSE MEASURES; INPUT DISTRIBUTIONS; LOW PROBABILITY; NEAR EARTH OBJECTS; PLANETARY DEFENSE; PROBABILISTIC APPROACHES; PROBABILISTIC MODELING; PROBABILISTIC RISK;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASTEROID; DAMAGE; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; MORTALITY RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

CHELYABINSK [CHELYABINSK (ADS)]; CHELYABINSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; EARTH (PLANET); GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; METEOROIDS; MINOR PLANETS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84959076308     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/risa.12453     Document Type: Article

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