United States High-Altitude Test Experiences

By Hoerlin, Herman

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Title:	United States High-Altitude Test Experiences
Author:	Hoerlin, Herman
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Excerpt
Excerpt: The US high-altitude nuclear explosions of the 1955-1962 period are listed chronologically; dates, locations, and yields are given. The major physical phases of the interactions of the weapon outputs with the atmosphere are described, such as the formation of balls at the low high-altitudes and the partition of energies and their distribution over very large spaces at the higher high-altitudes. The effects of these explosions on the normal activities of populations and the protective measures taken are documented. Many scientific...

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..I I. IL III. IV. v. VI, WI. VW IX. x. XL Listing of Events. General Description of Phenomenology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Prompt Thermal Radiation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...9 Flash Blindness and Eyeburn. Eyeburn Case Histories. Eyeburn Hazard and Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...11 Effects on Radio Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . . . . ..I7 The Formation of Artificial Radiation Belts. Effects on Satellites. . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Synchrotrons Radiation and Hydromagnetic Waves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Electromagnetic Radiation Effects on Electrical and Electronic Systems (Contribution by John Malik). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...31 Auroral Phenomena. Detection of Nuclear Explosions in Space. Hypothetical Effects on Weather Patterns of Energy Deposition inthe Upper Atmosphere.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..33 Residence Time of Radioactive Tracers in the Stratosphere. Upper Atmospheric Air Circulation Patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Hole inthe Ozone Layer After Teak and Orange? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...43 Concern About Environmental Effects of Starfish-tvDe Explosions: British and US-NASA Reactions in 19;~. Scientific Values in Retrospect.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . ...45 Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...@ References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...49