LONG-DISTANCE BLAST PREDICTIONS, MICROBAROMETRIC MEASUREMENTS, AND UPPER-ATMOSPHERE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR OPERATIONS UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE, CASTLE, AND TEAPOT

Abstract

A blast prediction and microbarograph observation program was operated by Sandia Corporation during Operations Upshot-Knothole, Castle, and Teapot. Refined methods for blast prediction were derived which appear to predetermine adequately the possibility of blast damages occurring out side the Nevada Test Site during test operations. In addition, sound recordings have been used for inverted geophysical seismic exploration of winds and temperatures in the ozonosphere, 30-60 km above the earth. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 20, 1957
Accession Number
AD0342207

Entities

People

  • E. F. Cox
  • J. W. Reed

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Propagation
  • Acoustic Signals
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Air Force
  • Blast
  • California
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • High Explosives
  • Meteorology
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Waves
  • Sound Waves
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Wave Propagation
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Explosive Engineering.
  • Seismology
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.