SOME GEOMAGNETIC PHENOMENA ASSOCIATED WITH NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1959 · Nature

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/184052a0· OSTI ID:4208856

Mason, R G; Vitousek, M J

Magnetic disturbances following the various nuclear tests conducted by the British in the vicinity of Christmas Island during 1958 are described. The British tests are believed to have occurred at relatively low altitudes in the lower atmosphere. Magnetograms from three observation stations are reproduced, and vector diagrams are included of the distrubance in the vertical plane. Data are compared with data from the Johnston Island high-altitude explosion of August 1, 1958. It is concluded that no simple explanation of the magnetic phenomena is to be expected. Data indicate that several distinctly separate mechanisms are involved. (C.H.)

• Research Organization: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• NSA Number: NSA-13-019770
• OSTI ID: 4208856
• Journal Information: Nature, Journal Name: Nature Vol. Vol: 184
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ATMOSPHERE
DIAGRAMS
DISTURBANCES
EARTH
GENERAL
LEVELS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MAGNETOMETERS
MEASURED VALUES
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PACIFIC OCEAN
RECORDING SYSTEMS
SPACE
TURBULENCE
VECTORS