ANALYSIS OF ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE WAVES CAUSED BY LARGE-SCALE NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS: 1961-1962.

Recent recordings of pressure waves caused by nuclear explosions were of good quality resulting from improvements in the microbarograph and greater amplification of the recordings. In 1961 to 1962 clear microbarograph recordings were taken mainly of several large-scale nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya...

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Main Author: Murayama, N.
Other Authors: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY DIV
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1964
Subjects:
(*NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
USSR)
(*BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS)
PROPAGATION
MEASUREMENT
ATMOSPHERES
PRESSURE
JAPAN
WIND
VELOCITY
WAVE PROPAGATION
SHOCK WAVES
NOVAYA ZEMLYA
Novaya Zemlya
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0459622
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Summary:Recent recordings of pressure waves caused by nuclear explosions were of good quality resulting from improvements in the microbarograph and greater amplification of the recordings. In 1961 to 1962 clear microbarograph recordings were taken mainly of several large-scale nuclear tests at Novaya Zemlya. It was possible to investigate in detail the propagation distances of pressure waves. On 30 October 1961 the waves from a 55 to 60 megaton (Mton) blast at Novaya Zemlya had dispersed on a global scale and were abundantly reported. Comparisons of theoretical characteristics of pressure waves (from the atmospheric models Oyamamoto, et al) with the measurements were made and analyzed with the help of even newer models. (Author) Trans. from Jnl. of Meteorological Research, 15:5, pp. 1-14; 29-33, 1963.

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