Operation DOMINIC. Project Stemwinder

Abstract

The objective of Project Stemwinder was to probe and sample nuclear clouds as soon as possible after cloud stabilization in order to investigate the amount of radioactive debris which stabilizes in the troposphere and its distribution with height. Sampling was accomplished by the RB-57 aircraft. The detonations investigated were all air bursts over water during Operation Dominic I at Christmas Island. Some data for surface detonations obtained by sampling aircraft during Operation Redwing are used to compare with the Stemwinder data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA995440

Entities

People

  • Gilbert J. Ferber

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Christmas Island
  • Cloud Cover
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dose Rate
  • Equations
  • Fission Products
  • Gamma Rays
  • Hazards
  • Height Of Burst
  • Nuclear Clouds
  • Radiation
  • Radioactivity
  • Sea Level
  • Surface Burst
  • United States

Readers

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.