MEASUREMENT OF SECONDARY EFFECTS: WATER WAVES,
Abstract
Project 2.9 had three objectives for Operation Wigwam: (1) to assist Project 2.6.2 in obtaining data about the postshot submergence and distribution of radioactivity; (2) to measure and study the resultant water waves; and (3) to place moored surface buoys near Ground Zero for navigational aids. The project developed and used instrumentation and techniques that permitted the horizontal search and survey of radioactivity to depths of 500 ft and at speeds up to 6 knots. The data obtained have been integrated into the Project 2.6.2 report (WT-1015). Project instrumentation for water-wave measurement was inoperative at shot time, and subsurface pressure-time measurements were not obtained. Photographic data yielded sufficient surface elevation-time data for a study of resultant water waves. An analysis of the available data and of their 'fit' to existing theory is given, and recommendations on data required from future tests are included. Surface moorings as navigational aids were positioned near Ground Zero. A sufficient number were successful to relate postshot activities with geographical Ground Zero. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 31, 1959
- Accession Number
- AD0361917
Entities
People
- Lewis W. Kidd
Organizations
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography