Output details
15 - General Engineering
University of Southampton
Article title
Global vulnerability to near-Earth object impact
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Risk Management
Article number
-
Volume number
12
Issue number
1
First page of article
31
ISSN of journal
1460-3799
Year of publication
2010
Number of additional authors
3
Additional information
Significance of output:
This paper describes a tool for calculating losses from Near Earth Object (NEO) impacts. Richard Crowther (richard.crowther@ukspaceagency.bis.gsi.gov.uk), Head of the UK delegation to the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and chairman of the UN Working Group on NEOs, states: “This work provides a critical tool for governments developing science-based policy to mitigate the consequences of a NEO impact. It allows civil contingency groups to prepare appropriate measures in affected areas and informs operational decisions. The tool stands ready for use by UK/UN.” The paper also contributed to the success of a €200,000 European Space Agency grant.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
