Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back Complex method of the analysis of ecological catastrophes Sedneva R.A., Vovnenko N.V., Mirkin M.A. This work considers the problems of the definition and analysis of ecological catastrophes. For an expression of their character, intensity and duration, various methods of registration including definition of electromagnetic disturbances, connected with changes in radiation levels, methods finding the intensity of the disturbance of environment by means of sound fluctuations and methods describing qualitative and quantitative characteristics, and diffusion mechanism methods are used. The basis characteristics of ecological accidents, such as intensity of a shock wave, distance from an epicenter of the catastrophe, and also the duration of their influences are defined.