title: An evaluation of the U.S. Army fallout prediction model.
abstract: The U.S. Army fallout prediction method was evaluated against an advanced fallout prediction model--SIMFIC (Simplified Fallout Interpretive Code). The danger zone areas of the U.S. Army method were found to be significantly greater (up to a factor of 8) than the areas of corresponding radiation hazard as predicted by SIMFIC. Nonetheless, because the U.S. Army's method predicts danger zone lengths that are commonly shorter than the corresponding "hot line distances" of SIMFIC, the U.S. Army's method is not reliably conservative.
mesh_terms: D008887:Military Medicine; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011834:Radiation Monitoring; D011847:Radioactive Fallout; D014887:Weather
chemical_list: D011847:Radioactive Fallout