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Research article
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20 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 20 Jul 2017
Inverse modeling of the Chernobyl source term using atmospheric concentration and deposition measurements
Nikolaos Evangeliou
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Department of Atmospheric
and Climate Research (ATMOS), Kjeller, Norway
Thomas Hamburger
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Department of Atmospheric
and Climate Research (ATMOS), Kjeller, Norway
now at: BfS – Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz,
Section SW 2.2, Decision Support Systems, 85764 Oberschleißheim,
Germany
Anne Cozic
CEA-UVSQ-CNRS UMR 8212, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de
l'Environnement (LSCE), Institut Pierre et Simon Laplace, L'Orme des
Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Yves Balkanski
CEA-UVSQ-CNRS UMR 8212, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de
l'Environnement (LSCE), Institut Pierre et Simon Laplace, L'Orme des
Merisiers, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
Andreas Stohl
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Department of Atmospheric
and Climate Research (ATMOS), Kjeller, Norway
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This is the first paper that attempts to assess the source term of the Chernobyl accident using not only activity concentrations but also deposition measurements. This is done by using the FLEXPART model combined with a Bayesian inversion algorithm. Our results show that the altitude of the injection during the first days of the accident might have reached up to 3 km, in contrast to what has been already reported (2.2 km maximum), in order the model to better match observations.
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