PROJECT STARDUST. Quarterly Report No. 3

Technical Report · Thu Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4665240

Friend, J P; Feely, H W; Fisher, E L; Davidson, B

Meteorological study of atmospheric mixing and transfer processes has continued and progress was made on the development of the Star Dust model of atraospheric mixing and transfer. Data on the stratospheric distribution of are being used as the first test of the accuracy of the meteorological parameters adopted. Star Dust filter sampling of stratospheric air has continued and, since September 30, 1962, debris frora the 1961 Soviet test series has been encountered in the Star Dust sampling corridor. The analytical program has been modified to gain as much information as possible about this Soviet debris, because it constitutes an additional tracer for stratospheric meteorology. It was all injected, originally, into the northern polar stratosphere during the reasonably short intervals, September to November 4, 1961, and its southward spread into the troposphere has been observable virtually unhindered by the presence of debris from previous tests. The debris which was present in the stratosphere before the l961 Soviet tests began was quite old and, for the most part, easily distinguishable from the Soviet debris. It has been especially illuminating to compare the characteristics of the southward moveraent of the Soviet debris with the characteristics of the northward movement of W/sup 185/ observed during the High Altitude Sampling Program. (auth)

• Research Organization: Isotopes, Inc., Westwood, N.J.
• NSA Number: NSA-17-036006
• OSTI ID: 4665240
• Report Number(s): DASA-1303; AD-294640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AIR
ATMOSPHERE
DIFFUSION
DISTRIBUTION
FILTERS
FISSION PRODUCTS
GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND METEOROLOGY
METEOROLOGY
MIXING
MOTION
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
SAMPLING
STRATOSPHERE
TRACER TECHNIQUES
TROPOSPHERE
TUNGSTEN 185