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报告编号	DE2003814384
	Demonstration of the Military Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (MERAF): Apache Longbow-Hellfire Missile Test at Yuma Proving Ground.
	Efroymson, R. A; Hargrove, W. W; Peterson, M. J; Jones, D. S; Rose, W. H; Pater, L. L; Reinbold, K. A; Suter, G. W.
英文摘要	This ecological risk assessment for a testing program at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, is a demonstration of the Military Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (MERAF; Suter et al. 2001). The demonstration is intended to illustrate how risk assessment guidance concerning-generic military training and testing activities and guidance concerning a specific type of activity (e.g., low-altitude aircraft overflights) may be implemented at a military installation. MERAF was developed with funding from the Strategic Research and Development Program (SERDP) of the Department of Defense. Novel aspects of MERAF include: (1) the assessment of risks from physical stressors using an ecological risk assessment framework, (2) the consideration of contingent or indirect effects of stressors (e.g., population-level effects that are derived from habitat or hydrological changes), (3) the integration of risks associated with different component activities or stressors, (4) the emphasis on quantitative risk estimates and estimates of uncertainty, and (5) the modularity of design, permitting components of the framework to be used in various military risk assessments that include similar activities. The particular subject of this report is the assessment of ecological risks associated with a testing program at Cibola Range of Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The program involves an Apache Longbow helicopter firing Hellfire missiles at moving targets, i.e., M60-A1 tanks. Thus, the three component activities of the Apache-Hellfire test were: (1) helicopter overflight, (2) missile firing, and (3) tracked vehicle movement. The demonstration was limited, to two ecological endpoint entities (i.e., potentially susceptible and valued populations or communities): woody desert wash communities and mule deer populations. The core assessment area is composed of about 126 km(sup 2) between the Chocolate and Middle Mountains. The core time of the program is a three-week period, including fourteen days of activity in August of 2000.
英文关键词	Ecology Risk assessment Warfare Arizona Deer Deserts Helicopters Hellfire missiles Environmental impacts MERAF(Military Ecological Risk Assessment Framework) Military ecological risk assessment framework Yuma proving ground Apache
出版年	2001
语种	英语
国家	United States
URL	http://r.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?DbCode=KJBG&dbname=KJBGW&filename=59ffd01931c97d1c3894180e
来源机构	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/272965
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Efroymson, R. A,Hargrove, W. W,Peterson, M. J,et al. Demonstration of the Military Ecological Risk Assessment Framework (MERAF): Apache Longbow-Hellfire Missile Test at Yuma Proving Ground.,2001.