PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF FALLOUT MONITORING DATA TO FALLOUT PREDICTION DURING AND AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK,

Abstract

The applicability of fallout monitoring information to the improvement of prediction of the distribution of fallout during or after a nuclear attack is discussed. An analytic technique is developed for predicting fallout radioactivity surface density (or exposure rate if converted) at locations downwind from a monitoring station at which a measurement of radioactivity surface density or exposure rate is taken after fallout cessation. Also developed is a method for predicting fallout arrival, deposition-duration, and cessation times for points in a fallout field based on measurements of these parameters at a single monitoring station. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1969
Accession Number
AD0693520

Entities

People

  • David W. Hoffman
  • Laurence J. P. Minvielle
  • Samuel C. Rainey

Organizations

  • Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Measurement
  • Monitoring
  • Radioactivity

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.