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ARLID 0616896
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SCOPUS 85217128649
DOI 10.1016/j.apr.2025.102419
title (primary) (eng) Inverse modeling of 137Cs during Chernobyl 2020 wildfires without the first guess
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page_count 11 s.
media_type E
serial
ARLID cav_un_epca*0348310
ISSN 1309-1042
title Atmospheric Pollution Research
volume_id 16
publisher
name Elsevier
keyword Chernobyl wildfires
keyword Inverse modeling
keyword Plume bias correction
keyword Multi-species emissions
keyword JRODOS
author (primary)
ARLID cav_un_auth*0267768
name1 Tichý
name2 Ondřej
institution UTIA-B
full_dept (cz) Adaptivní systémy
full_dept (eng) Department of Adaptive Systems
department (cz) AS
department (eng) AS
full_dept Department of Adaptive Systems
fullinstit Ústav teorie informace a automatizace AV ČR, v. v. i.
author
ARLID cav_un_auth*0363740
name1 Evangeliou
name2 N.
country NO
author
ARLID cav_un_auth*0483338
name1 Selivanova
name2 A.
country CZ
author
ARLID cav_un_auth*0101207
name1 Šmídl
name2 Václav
institution UTIA-B
full_dept (cz) Adaptivní systémy
full_dept Department of Adaptive Systems
department (cz) AS
department AS
full_dept Department of Adaptive Systems
fullinstit Ústav teorie informace a automatizace AV ČR, v. v. i.
source
url https://library.utia.cas.cz/separaty/2025/AS/tichy-0616896.pdf
cas_special
project
project_id GA24-10400S
agency GA ČR
country CZ
ARLID cav_un_auth*0464279
abstract (eng) This study estimates 137Cs emissions from Chernobyl wildfires in April 2020 using inverse modeling. Emissions are resolved with daily resolution by particle sizes (0.4 µm, 8 µm, 16 µm) and altitudes (up to 3 km). The inverse problem's complexity requires regularization due to its ill-posed nature. One potential way to regularize the problem is the use of the so-called first guess, i.e. emission taken from expert knowledge or previous literature. However, inappropriately chosen first guess may lead to serious bias in results or its availability may be limited for rapid response. We rather follow a Bayesian approach where all model parameters are considered as variables to be estimated from available data. We aim to combine three key principles: modeling of sparsity and smoothness of the emission vector, modeling of bounded ratios between released particle size/altitude fractions, and bias correction of the atmospheric transport model. All these principles proved their significance separately, however, we combine them in one comprehensive method to estimate the 137Cs emissions from the Chernobyl wildfires. The total released activity was estimated to be 458 GBq with uncertainty estimated to be 69 GBq. Our estimates also suggest that most of the activity has been released below a one-kilometer altitude with the more dominant role towards the smallest particle fraction than was considered in other studies. Using our estimate, we calculate the time-integrated volumetric activities of 137Cs over the domain using the JRODOS system and our findings well agrees with previous results.
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permalink https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0364268
cooperation
ARLID cav_un_auth*0339477
name NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research
country NO
cooperation
ARLID cav_un_auth*0352445
name National Radiation Protection Institute
institution SÚRO
country CZ
cooperation
ARLID cav_un_auth*0400308
name Czech University of Life Sciences
country CZ
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mrcbU63 cav_un_epca*0348310 Atmospheric Pollution Research 16 4 2025 1309-1042 1309-1042 Elsevier