title: The Danish emergency response model of the atmosphere (DERMA).
abstract: The three-dimensional atmospheric dispersion model DERMA is of Lagrangian type making use of a hybrid stochastic particle-puff diffusion description. It is currently capable of describing plumes at downwind distances greater than about 20km and up to the global scale. The model employs aerosol-size dependent dry and wet deposition parameterisations. DERMA is developed and used mainly for nuclear emergency preparedness purposes, and it has recently become integrated with the ARGOS nuclear decision-support system.
authors.affiliation: Meteorological Research Division, Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), Lyngbyvej 100, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. jhs@dmi.dk
authors.forename: Jens Havskov
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baklanov
authors.forename: Steen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoe
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols; D000392:Air Movements; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D001272:Atmosphere; D003718:Denmark; D004058:Diffusion; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004630:Emergencies; D008685:Meteorological Concepts; D015233:Models, Statistical; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis; D014887:Weather
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols; D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D014875:Water Pollutants, Radioactive