Inter-Comparison Study of the ENSEMBLE Project

During the days of the Chernobyl accident, the European national long-range dispersion forecasts would differ because of differences in national models, and differences in weather prediction methods. ENSEMBLE project was launched for a reconciliation and harmonization of the disparate long-range dispersion forecasts. Responsible European emergency organizations in addition to Canadian, Japanese, Korean and US agencies have participated in ENSEMBLE. KAERI joined the inter-comparison study for the exercise on the 901-001 scenario in ENSEMBLE. KAERI was assigned KR1 as a national code and 53 as a model number. The model of KAERI was compared with the other models of the participants in ENSEMBLE. The comparative results are presented with the scatter plots and statistical methods in this paper.