title: Generalized evaluation of environmental radioactivity measurements with UncertRadio. Part I: Methods without linear unfolding.
abstract: It is shown how a generalized evaluation of a large variety of environmental radioactivity measurements, without and with using linear unfolding, can be performed with a single program, UncertRadio (UR). Using a function parser allows deriving numerical partial derivatives for ISO GUM compatible uncertainty propagation. The evaluation within UR is extended to include ISO 11929 decision thresholds and detection limits. Alternatively, propagation of distributions with MC simulation is included. Part I gives an overview considering evaluations without using linear unfolding.
authors.affiliation: Thünen Institute of Fisheries Ecology in Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: guenter.kanisch@hanse.net.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kanisch
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012984:Software; D035501:Uncertainty
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011868:Radioisotopes
keywords: Function parser; ISO 11929 detection limit calculation; ISO GUM; Monte Carlo simulation; Numerical uncertainty estimation