Model-directed sampling in Chernobyl forests: general methodology and 1994 sampling program
Title: Model-directed sampling in Chernobyl forests: general methodology and 1994 sampling program
Author: W.R. Schell, I. Linkov, V. Rimkevich, O. Chistic, A. Lutsko, A.M. Dvornik, T.A. Zhuchenko
Reference: Science of The Total Environment, Volume 180, Issue 3, 23 February 1996, Pages 229-240
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0048-9697(95)04946-0
Keywords: Chernobyl; Forest; Radionuclide contamination; Forest ecosystem modeling; Forest sampling
Abstract: Radiologically-contaminated forest and natural ecosystems contribute significantly to the human radiation dose in the intermediate (several years) and long (several decades) terms following the radionuclide release. As a result of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986, extensive forested areas in Europe were significantly contaminated with cesium, strontium, plutonium and other radionuclides. This study develops a dynamic model that describes the pathways of radionuclides which undergo complex transfer processes in forests and natural ecosystems. This generic model, FORESTRATH, calculates time-dependent radionuclide concentrations in forest compartments based on the information available on residence half-times. Because of the high complexity, traditional sampling programs often provide only limited and fragmented information for the ecosystem to be modeled. A model-directed sampling program was initiated which implies close feedback between ecosystem sampling and modeling of the radionuclide pathways using the FORESTPATH model. This program is now being applied by an international team of USA, European Union (EU) and Newly Independent States (NIS) members in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Exclusion Zone.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0048969795049460
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