Document Details
Title:
OPERATION SUN BEAM, SHOTS LITTLE FELLER II AND SMALL BOY, PROJECT OFFICER'S REPORT-PROJECT 7.16: AIRBORNE E-FIELD RADIATION MEASUREMENTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE PHENOMENA (DELETED)
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
SUNBEAM PROJECT; DOMINIC II OPERATION; LITTLE FELLER II EVENT; SMALL BOY EVENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MEASURING METHODS
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1964 Sep 11
Declassification Status:
Sanitized
Document Pages:
0034
Accession Number:
NV0051028
Document Number(s):
DOR2272EX
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 26
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
AIRBORNE MEASUREMENS OF THE ABSOLUTE VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELD (E-FIELD) OF THE RADIATED ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE WERE ATTEMPTED FOR SHOTS LITTLE FELLER II AND SMALL BOY. INSTRUMENTATION INCLUDED CALIBRATED VERTICA L WHIP ANTENNAS, WIDE-BAND MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDERS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF OSCILLOSCOPE TRACES. ONE INSTRUMENTED AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATED IN LITTL E FELLER II (C-131F); TWO AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATED IN SMALL BOY (A C-131F AND AN A-3A). NO DETECTABLE SIGNALS WERE RECORDED FOR EITHER EVENT. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT THE VERTICAL E-FIELD INTENSITIES ENCOUNTERED WER E BELOW THE CALIBRATED LEVELS OF THE INSTRUMENTATION OF THE METHOD OF INSTRUMENTATION AND CALIBRATION WAS INADEQUATE FOR NONREPETITIVE PULSE SIGNALS.