Population vulnerability models for asteroid impact risk assessment
@article{Rumpf2017PopulationVM, title={Population vulnerability models for asteroid impact risk assessment}, author={Clemens M. Rumpf and Hugh G. Lewis and Peter M. Atkinson}, journal={Meteoritics \& Planetary Science}, year={2017}, volume={52} }
An asteroid impact is a low probability event with potentially devastating consequences. The Asteroid Risk Mitigation Optimization and Research (ARMOR) software tool calculates whether a colliding asteroid experiences an airburst or surface impact and calculates effect severity as well as reach on the global map. To calculate the consequences of an impact in terms of loss of human life, new vulnerability models are derived that connect the severity of seven impact effects (strong winds…
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