Timelines of interactions
Sensor sample times - 10-3 to 102 s
- LIDAR Aerosol detectors – 8K 6m samples ( 20 ns) @ 20 –100 Hz
- Continuously sampling point detector ( second to seconds to alarm)
- Bio sampler and Assay – seconds to minutes of collection, then minutes to alarm
Reaction time of chemicals
- With the environment - minutes to hours
- Effects on humans - sec to minutes
Transport of concentrations of concern minutes to hours
- Non persistent agent - 10’s of minutes
- Persistent agents - hours
- Biological - hours
Impact time of biologicals – hours to days