Accession Number:

AD0441983

Title:

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WATER-SURFACE-BURST FALLOUT MODEL: THE RISE AND EXPANSION OF THE ATOMIC CLOUD

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NAVAL RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE LAB SAN FRANCISCO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Huebsch, I. O.

Report Date:

1964-04-23

Pagination or Media Count:

105.0

Abstract:

A water-surface-burst fallout model is being developed in three parts 1 cloud rise and expansion 2 particle formation and 3 particle fall through the atmosphere. Part 1 is discussed in detail. The cloud is described by a set of equations for rate of rise, temperature, water content and other parameters, using an entraining parcel method. The equations allow for variations in atmospheric temperature, pressure and humidity as well as in initial cloud height, temperature, and airwater energy partition. Temperature and volume are calculated by extensions of standard meteorological equations.

Descriptors:

• *FALLOUT
• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• ENERGY
• HUMIDITY
• MODELS
• NUCLEAR CLOUDS
• PARTICLES
• SEA WATER
• SURFACE BURST
• THERMODYNAMICS
• TURBULENCE
• WATER
• WATER VAPOR

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Explosions and Devices (Non-Military)
• Radioactivity, Radioactive Wastes and Fission Products

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE