Claims
- 1. A system for detection and assessment of hazardous plumes, comprising:
at least one sensing station, said sensing station including at least one sensor for sampling a media and determining hazardous plume data, said hazardous plume data comprising at least one hazardous plume component and quantitative data regarding said hazardous plume component, and computing structure for receiving said hazardous plume data and determining a dispersion model including a future migration path of said plume.
- 2. The system of claim 1, further comprising structure for directly transmitting said hazardous plume data to said computing structure.
- 3. The system of claim 1, wherein said dispersion model includes a concentration or level of said component along said future migration path.
- 4. The system of claim 1, wherein said hazardous component is at least one selected from the group consisting of biological materials, chemical materials, nuclear materials and electromagnetic radiation.
- 5. The system of claim 1, wherein said dispersion model determines a source location for said hazardous component.
- 6. The system of claim 1, wherein said computing structure includes meteorological data in determining said dispersion model.
- 7. The system of claim 6, said sensing station includes at least one meteorological sensor.
- 8. The system of claim 1, wherein said system comprises a network of sensing stations, said network disposed across a plurality of remotely located sites.
- 9. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one wireless communications link for communications between said sensing station and said computing structure.
- 10. The system of claim 1, wherein said sampled media comprises air.
- 11. The system of claim 1, wherein said sampled media comprises water.
- 12. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensing station is a mobile sensing station, said sensing station including a global position system.
- 13. The system of claim 1, wherein said sensing station comprises at least one mass spectrometer.
- 14. The system of claim 13, wherein said mass spectrometer is a chemical biological mass spectrometer (CBMS) adapted to detect and measure a concentration of hazardous chemical and biological materials.
- 15. The system of claim 14, wherein said mass spectrometer comprises an ion trap mass spectrometer.
- 16. The system of claim 1, wherein said system is fully automatic.
- 17. The system of claim 1, further comprising structure for encrypting said hazardous plume data.
- 18. A method for detection and assessment of hazardous plumes, comprising the steps of:
sampling a media, determining hazardous plume data, said hazardous plume data including quantitative data regarding at least one hazardous component, and computing a dispersion model relating to a migration path of said hazardous plume from said hazardous plume data.
- 19. The method for claim 18, wherein said hazardous component comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of biological, radiological, chemical, and nuclear components.
- 20. The method of claim 18, wherein said method is fully automatic.
- 21. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of directly transmitting said hazardous plume data for including in said dispersion model.
- 22. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of providing meteorological data for inclusion in said dispersion model.
- 23. The method of claim 18, wherein said hazardous plume data is acquired at a plurality of remotely located sites.
- 24. The method of claim 23, wherein said determining step includes obtaining quantitative data regarding said hazardous component at said plurality of remotely located sites.
- 25. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of determining a source location of said hazardous component.
- 26. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of updating said hazardous plume data by repeating said determining step, and using said updated hazardous plume data to recompute said dispersion model.
- 27. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of providing a population database and compiling a threat assessment based on said dispersion model and said population database.
- 28. The method of claim 18, further comprising the steps of encrypting said hazardous plume data and transmitting said encrypted hazardous plume data prior to said computing said dispersion model.
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0001] The United States Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Contract No. DE-AC05-000R22725 between the United States Department of Energy and UT-Battelle, LLC.