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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8805-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-8805-2017
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, Thomas Hamburger, Anne Cozic, Yves Balkanski, and Andreas Stohl

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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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