CHARM

Both versions of CHARM can be used to estimate impacts from the use of chemical WMDs. The expected species that may be used (e.g. chlorine, mustard gas, sarin, soman, and VX) are in both databases. The complex terrain version can do an even more complete simulation. Many chemicals used for WMD are released as aerosol. The complex terrain version of CHARM is capable of simulating all major processes affecting aerosol. Some estimate of the size distribution of the aerosol in the released chemical is needed. After the release has occurred, CHARM can calculate the changes in the size distribution due to coagulation, condensation/evaporation, and deposition... The CHARM® software is a software application that calculates and predicts the movement and concentration of airborne plumes from released chemicals due to air dispersion and transport; thermal radiation impacts from BLEVEs, pool fires, and jet fires; and explosion overpressures from mechanical and vapor cloud explosions. Source..

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