A fast long-range transport model for operational use in episode simulation. Application to the Chernobyl accident
Title: A fast long-range transport model for operational use in episode simulation. Application to the Chernobyl accident
Author: P. Bonelli, G. Calori, G. Finzi
Reference: Atmospheric Environment. Part A. General Topics, Volume 26, Issue 14, October 1992, Pages 2523-2535
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0960-1686(92)90104-S,
Keywords: Long-range; modelling; trajectories; dispersion; radioisotopes; Chernobyl; nuclear; accident
Abstract: A simple Lagrangian puff trajectory model and its software implementation, STRALE, are described. Standard meteorological data are used as input for the simulation of the three-dimensional atmospheric transport and dispersion of a pollutant released by a point source. The schemes adopted to describe the vertical diffusion and the interaction with the mixing layer are discussed on the basis of the comparison between simulated and measured 137Cs activities for the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/096016869290104S