A Study of Twenty-Four Nationwide Fallout Patterns from Twelve Winds

Abstract

The research conducted under this contract deals with an assessment of fallout deposition resulting from two different types of attacks on the continental United States (counterforce-only and counterforce plus countervalue) given twelve typical wind patterns--one for each month of the year. Representations of fallout deposition are given in two categories--one accenting higher dose ranges to indicate shelter requirements and the other accenting lower dose ranges to present the complete spectrum of the fallout threat. The research is reported in descriptive presentation of the model, the winds, the attack, and the results. Appendices present the fallout deposition maps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104993

Entities

People

  • Leo A. Schmidt

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Area Coverage
  • Civil Defense
  • Civil Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Damage Assessment
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Dose Rate
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Engineering
  • Grids
  • New Mexico
  • Security
  • United States
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.