Accession Number:

AD0735657

Title:

Project Pre-Gondola II. Airborne Lidar Observations

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

STANFORD RESEARCH INST MENLO PARK CA AEROPHYSICS LAB

Personal Author(s):

• Collis, R. T. H.
• Oblanas, John

Report Date:

1968-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

Lidar laser radar observations from an aircraft of the cloud of debris resulting from the Pre-GONDOLA 2 explosion at Fort Peck, Montana, are described. From the lidar observations the location, shape, and internal structure in terms of variations of density of the cloud at the flight level were determined at five successive times, extending some 37 minutes after the explosion and some 17 kilometers downwind.

Descriptors:

• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• *CLOUDS
• *EXPLOSION EFFECTS
• *OPTICAL SCANNING
• OPTICAL RADAR
• OPTICAL TRACKING
• CLOUD COVER
• AIRBORNE
• CRATERING
• DEBRIS
• SIMULATION

Subject Categories:

• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Nuclear Explosions and Devices (Non-Military)
• Explosions

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE