Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers]
The new Concorde flight corridors will be at approximately the same height as the debris cloud trajectories of recent high yield Chinese weapons tests. In response to this perception, the FAA with other U.S. agencies is formulating a concept for a Stratospheric Environmental Assessment Capability (S...
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ftunivnotexas:info:ark/67531/metadc1444771 2023-05-15T17:34:59+02:00 Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] Knox, J. B. Dickerson, M. H. Lange, R. Peterson, K. R. 1977-08-01 28 pages Text https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1444771/ English eng Lawrence Livermore Laboratory rep-no: UCRL-79428 rep-no: CONF-770934-1 grantno: W-7405-ENG-48 osti: 7277956 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1444771/ ark: ark:/67531/metadc1444771 8. international technical meeting on air pollution modeling and its application, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 20 Sep 1977 Populations Nuclear Explosions Air Quality Trajectories Aircraft Explosions Clouds Transport 560151* -- Radiation Effects On Animals-- Man Australia Australasia Radiation Doses Human Populations Aviation Personnel 63 Radiation Thermal And Other Environ. Pollutant Effects On Living Orgs. And Biol. Mat 560171 -- Radiation Effects-- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987) Stratosphere Doses Earth Atmosphere Supersonic Transport Northern Territory Radioactive Clouds Personnel Article 1977 ftunivnotexas 2021-01-30T23:08:14Z The new Concorde flight corridors will be at approximately the same height as the debris cloud trajectories of recent high yield Chinese weapons tests. In response to this perception, the FAA with other U.S. agencies is formulating a concept for a Stratospheric Environmental Assessment Capability (SEAC) whose objective is to furnish timely and accurate predictions of in-cabin environmental radiation dose-to-man estimates in the event of future nuclear tests. Modeling elements of the proposed SEAC are illustrated on the high yield Chinese test of November 17, 1976, wherein the debris cloud intersected the North Atlantic flight corridors several days after detonation and resulted in whole-body gamma dose rates of about 1 millirem per hour above background. Had the flight levels been a few kilometres higher, the estimated dose would have been 30 percent higher. The potential exposures on stratospheric flight corridors of the Pacific were estimated to be about 200 to 300 mr/hr, a level warranting diversion of some flight paths. The technical basis and modeling capabilities involved in SEAC will be reviewed along with perceptions of transferrable experience in the stratosphere to other transnational air quality problems. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic University of North Texas: UNT Digital Library Pacific |
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Populations Nuclear Explosions Air Quality Trajectories Aircraft Explosions Clouds Transport 560151* -- Radiation Effects On Animals-- Man Australia Australasia Radiation Doses Human Populations Aviation Personnel 63 Radiation Thermal And Other Environ. Pollutant Effects On Living Orgs. And Biol. Mat 560171 -- Radiation Effects-- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987) Stratosphere Doses Earth Atmosphere Supersonic Transport Northern Territory Radioactive Clouds Personnel |
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Populations Nuclear Explosions Air Quality Trajectories Aircraft Explosions Clouds Transport 560151* -- Radiation Effects On Animals-- Man Australia Australasia Radiation Doses Human Populations Aviation Personnel 63 Radiation Thermal And Other Environ. Pollutant Effects On Living Orgs. And Biol. Mat 560171 -- Radiation Effects-- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987) Stratosphere Doses Earth Atmosphere Supersonic Transport Northern Territory Radioactive Clouds Personnel Knox, J. B. Dickerson, M. H. Lange, R. Peterson, K. R. Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] |
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Populations Nuclear Explosions Air Quality Trajectories Aircraft Explosions Clouds Transport 560151* -- Radiation Effects On Animals-- Man Australia Australasia Radiation Doses Human Populations Aviation Personnel 63 Radiation Thermal And Other Environ. Pollutant Effects On Living Orgs. And Biol. Mat 560171 -- Radiation Effects-- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology-- Man-- (-1987) Stratosphere Doses Earth Atmosphere Supersonic Transport Northern Territory Radioactive Clouds Personnel |
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The new Concorde flight corridors will be at approximately the same height as the debris cloud trajectories of recent high yield Chinese weapons tests. In response to this perception, the FAA with other U.S. agencies is formulating a concept for a Stratospheric Environmental Assessment Capability (SEAC) whose objective is to furnish timely and accurate predictions of in-cabin environmental radiation dose-to-man estimates in the event of future nuclear tests. Modeling elements of the proposed SEAC are illustrated on the high yield Chinese test of November 17, 1976, wherein the debris cloud intersected the North Atlantic flight corridors several days after detonation and resulted in whole-body gamma dose rates of about 1 millirem per hour above background. Had the flight levels been a few kilometres higher, the estimated dose would have been 30 percent higher. The potential exposures on stratospheric flight corridors of the Pacific were estimated to be about 200 to 300 mr/hr, a level warranting diversion of some flight paths. The technical basis and modeling capabilities involved in SEAC will be reviewed along with perceptions of transferrable experience in the stratosphere to other transnational air quality problems. |
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Knox, J. B. Dickerson, M. H. Lange, R. Peterson, K. R. |
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Knox, J. B. Dickerson, M. H. Lange, R. Peterson, K. R. |
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Knox, J. B. |
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Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] |
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Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] |
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Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] |
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Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] |
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Transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [Radiation dose to Concorde crew and passengers] |
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transnational air quality: the case for the stratosphere. [radiation dose to concorde crew and passengers] |
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Lawrence Livermore Laboratory |
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1977 |
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North Atlantic |
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8. international technical meeting on air pollution modeling and its application, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, 20 Sep 1977 |
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