National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center
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The National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (NARAC) is located at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. It is a national support and resource center for planning, real-time assessment, emergency response, and detailed studies of incidents involving a wide variety of hazards, including nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, and natural emissions.
NARAC provides tools and services to federal, state and local governments, that map the probable spread of hazardous material accidentally or intentionally released into the atmosphere.
NARAC provides atmospheric plume predictions in time for an emergency manager to decide if protective action is necessary to protect the health and safety of people in affected areas.
The NARAC facility includes
Scientific and technical staff who provide support and training for NARAC tools, as well as quality assurance and detailed analysis of atmospheric releases.
24 hour x 7 day on-duty or on-call staff.
Training facility.
An Operations Center with uninterruptible power, backup power generators, and robust computer systems.
Links to over 100 emergency operations centers on the U.S.
A team of research and operational staff with expertise in atmospheric research, operational meteorology, numerical modeling, computer science, software engineering, geographical information systems, computer graphics, hazardous material (radiological, chemical, biological) properties and effects.
The Emergency Response System: Real time dispersion modeling
The NARAC emergency response central modeling system consists of an integrated suite of meteorological and atmospheric dispersion models.
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