Accession Number:

AD0745884

Title:

Survey of Studies of Atmospheric Transmission from a 4 Pi Light Source to a 2 Pi Receiver.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS COMMAND WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES L AB

Personal Author(s):

• Cantor, Israel

Report Date:

1972-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

58.0

Abstract:

The survey report attempts to point out the progress and insufficiencies in the assessment and prediction of atmospheric effects on thermal radiation from a nuclear detonation in the troposphere to a target at the ground. The approach consists of a summarization of the major findings of investigators during the past two decades that relate the thermal transmission from an effective point light source in the troposphere to a flat plate or 2 pi steradian receiver at the ground. Author

Descriptors:

• *THERMAL RADIATION
• *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• LIGHT TRANSMISSION
• MONTE CARLO METHOD
• ATTENUATION
• CLOUDS
• HUMIDITY
• AEROSOLS
• CURVE FITTING
• GRAPHICS
• TROPOSPHERE
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DAMAGE
• CIVIL DEFENSE

Subject Categories:

• Nuclear Weapons

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE