Stratospheric Nitric Oxide Production from Past Nuclear Explosions and Its Relevance to Projected SST Pollution,

Abstract

It is shown that during certain years of intense nuclear testing, high-yield nuclear explosions seem to have injected into the stratosphere a few times 10 to the 34th power nitric oxide molecules. This is very similar to upper estimates for NO generation from 500 SSTs flying for a year. Large catalytic ozone reduction from such NO injection was not observed in worldwide or local total ozone measurements. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0751295

Entities

People

  • H. M. Foley
  • M. A. Ruderman

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Explosions
  • Measurement
  • Molecules
  • Nuclear Explosions
  • Production
  • Stratosphere

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Explosive Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space