Development of a radioactivity mapping tool to support the decision making for radiological emergency events

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2011 Jul;146(1-3):54-7. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncr106. Epub 2011 Apr 13.

Abstract

A radioactivity mapping program was developed to support the decision making in case of a radiological emergency event. Geostatistics and kriging methods were used in the program to make a more accurate radioactivity map for the polluted area. Two variogram models, i.e., linear and exponential models, were tested, and the exponential variogram model showed a better performance when compared with the linear interpolation for estimating unobserved data for radioactivity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Decision Making*
  • Environmental Monitoring*
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Models, Statistical*
  • Radiation Monitoring*
  • Radioactive Hazard Release*