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ARGOS Decision Support System for Emergency Management

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: The ARGOS decision support system is used for consequence assessment and decision support following a nuclear, radiological or chemical emergency.This paper will focus on the radiological domain.The ARGOS system is in operation or being commissioned in 8 European countries, as well as in Canada, Brazil and Australia.Since the initial version was released 15 years ago, the system has developed from a simple data presentation application to a sophisticated platform which integrates radiological monitoring data, atmospheric dispersion models and calculation of doses in the food chain and the urban environment.

Source: Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU)

Authors: Steen Cordt Hoe, P. McGinnity, T. Charnock, F. Gering, Lars Henrik Jacobsen, Jens Havskov Sørensen, Kasper Grann Andersson, Poul Astrup

Institutions: Danish Emergency Management Agency, Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, Health Protection Agency, Federal Office for Radiation Protection, Prolog Development Center, Danish Meteorological Institute

Language: English

Topic: Radioactive contamination and transfer

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission

OpenAlex ID: W2614321172

FWCI: 0.315

Cites: 3

Cited by: 29

Related to: 10