title: PARATI--a dynamic model for radiological assessments in urban areas. Part I. Modelling of urban areas, their contamination and radiation fields.
abstract: The structure and mathematical model of PARATI, a detailed computer programme developed for the assessment of the radiological consequences of an accidental contamination of urban areas, is described with respect to the scenarios used for the estimation of exposure fields in a village or town, the models for the initial and secondary contamination with the radionuclide 137Cs, the concepts for calculating the resulting radiation exposures and the changes with time of the contamination and radiation fields. Kerma rates at various locations in tropical urban areas are given, and the contribution of different contaminated surfaces to these rates after dry or wet deposition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Radioproteção e Dosimetria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Rochedo
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Paretzke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants