Articles | Volume 18, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1989-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1989-2025
Development and technical paper
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27 Mar 2025
Development and technical paper |  | 27 Mar 2025

A Bayesian method for predicting background radiation at environmental monitoring stations in local-scale networks

Jens Peter Karolus Wenceslaus Frankemölle, Johan Camps, Pieter De Meutter, and Johan Meyers

Data sets

Accompanying dataset for: "A Bayesian method for predicting background radiation at environmental monitoring stations" Jens Peter K. W. Frankemölle et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12581795

Model code and software

Accompanying software for: "A Bayesian method for predicting background radiation at environmental monitoring stations" Jens Peter K. W. Frankemölle et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12644422

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Short summary
To detect anomalous radioactivity in the environment, it is paramount that we understand the natural background level. In this work, we propose a statistical model to describe the most likely background level and the associated uncertainty in a network of dose rate detectors. We train, verify, and validate the model using real environmental data. Using the model, we show that we can correctly predict the background level in a subset of the detector network during a known anomalous event.
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