Numerical simulation of the radioactive contamination of Ukraine after the Chornobyl disaster: the influence of the input meteorological data on the results uncertainty

• Date: 2023
• Main Authors: Skrynyk, O.Y., Bubin, S.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: S. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics of the NAS of Ukraine 2023
• Subjects: Chornobyl disaster; radioactive contamination; Cs-137; atmospheric transport and dispersion; wet and dry deposition; numerical simulation; uncertainty; WRF; CALPUFF
• Online Access: https://journals.uran.ua/geofizicheskiy/article/view/278332
• Journal Title: Geofizicheskiy Zhurnal

In this article we assess the sensitivity of the numerical simulations of the radioactive 137Cs contamination of Ukraine caused by the Chornobyl nuclear power plant accident in 1986 to the input meteorological data. The atmospheric transport, dispersion, and deposition (dry scavenging and rain washo...