The SEMONT EM field register support for the assessment of daily exposure limits

Abstract

Having in mind the practically inevitable increase of artificial electromagnetic fields (EM) in the surroundings it is required to perform a proper assessment of the potential exposure of the general population. In order to diminish the public unawareness about the real-time level of the EM fields and exposure, the Serbian electromagnetic field monitoring network - SEMONT has started the initial measurement campaign of EM emissions in the environment. The SEMONT information network is designed to use spatially distributed sensor elements, as well as handheld measuring instruments, intended for continuous broadband monitoring. The results of measurements are stored into a centralized database of the EM field register and they are publicly available through the SEMONT Internet portal. In this paper, the SEMONT EM field register support for the advanced feature of the daily exposure assessment is considered, regarding EM field reference levels, prescribed by the Serbian legislation and the ICNIRP recommendation. © 2013 IEEE.