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Accession Number:
ADA995431
Title:
OPERATION DOMINIC, FISH BOWL SERIES. Project Officer's Report. Project 9.1b. Ionospheric Wind and Diffusion Measurements
Corporate Author:
AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS HANSCOM AFB MA
Report Date:
1985-09-01
Abstract:
The aim of this project was to measure high-altitude wind velocities and diffusion coefficients in the altitude region between 60 and 150 km. The method involved the ejection of a sodium vapor trail from a Cajun rocket at dust or dawn twilight. The sodium was sunlit, and as a result of emission of resonance radiation, was visible against a darkened background for about 20 minutes. The trail was photographed simultaneously from four different sites, allowing for subsequent triangulation to determine the altitude of various parts of the cloud. A major application of these wind and diffusion data, taken at dusk and dawn following the high-altitude nuclear tests, was to aid in determining the disposition of the nuclear debris.
Descriptive Note:
Project Officer's rept.
Supplementary Note:
Extracted version of report dated 5 Apr 1965.
Pages:
0166
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
File Size:
8.15MB
