title: FORIA: Forest Impact Analysis. An interactive decision support software providing information on the secondary effects of radiological countermeasures applied in forests.
abstract: FORIA (Forest Impact Analysis) is a decision support software that provides a synthesis of published information pertaining to the application of radiological countermeasures in forests and the secondary impacts that may result from their application. By linking relevant key parameters describing the forest environment and its social and economic roles, with information on the effects of countermeasures on a range of forest features, the potential secondary impacts of the countermeasures are indicated. User inputs refine this generic system to reveal the potential secondary effects of selected countermeasures for specific forest scenarios. FORIA has an Eastern European focus but is applicable to all forest scenarios.
authors.affiliation: Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland, 3 Clonskeagh Square, Dublin 14, Ireland. brafferty@rpii.ie
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authors.lastname: Rafferty
mesh_terms: D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D017753:Ecosystem; D016468:Forestry / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011853:Radiobiology / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014197:Trees / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants