Report of Operation FITZWILLIAM. Volume 2. Nuclear Detection by Airborne Filters

Abstract

This volume is concerned with the physical nature of the long range atomic clouds produced by the SANDSTONE (Unclassified) atomic tests conducted at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands, during the April and May 1948, as determined by the collection of particulate radioactive material from the atmosphere by aerial filtering. Each of the three SANDSTONE (Unclassified) test explosions produced a huge, visible column of debris. A sizeable portion of the debris from each of these clouds remained suspended in the atmosphere for a long period of time and was transported to great distances by the complex circulation of the atmosphere. This suspension and transport of the bom debris is in agreement with the well-documented phenomena associated with the Krakatoa eruption of 1883.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1948
Accession Number
ADA637793

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Detection
  • Elevation
  • Filter Paper
  • Fission Products
  • Leading Edges
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Particle Size
  • Radioactive Materials
  • Reconnaissance
  • United States
  • Wind Velocity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Systems Analysis and Design