KFULOGOs

(continued)

which I have indicated there, taking inte account dec

would

be in the order of 400,000ion pairs per cubic centineber per
second in one day,

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VOICEs

Fhat tics elexant?

ESLLOGGs

One day having expended so that the voluns, this is

ha

average

in the cloud, has expanded dus to this kind ef diffusian.

At

the end of two days, three days, four dsys, it will ef box
decay further and would-—I have not made the caloulstion as te

when it would cet down to the level of cossio rays, I Shége it
would be sonething in the order of a week before 1¢

ot € get

down in the center of such a cloud to anywhere approaching

the

=

ecoscic-ray ion production. This is one thing which had|te be
estizated first. I don't think this estimate is a very
curate one, but it does suggest that one coald use ‘tee pads Soom sa °
tivity to track the cloud for at least a matter of days.

The

idea ef finding where the cloud goes in the stratoagher isa

vary attractive one, because I think it is largely a ether

of

conjecture now as tc how vertissl diffusion does takepi .0 in
the stratosphere.

I agree with E. Yexler in inazining ¢ ‘ 4%

would be very slow, Yertioal diffusion in the upper pars

of |

the stratosphere certainly would be very slows

Re have sane evidence, though, that suggests that vertiog

diffusion in ths lower part of the stratosphere, which
stable, is rather high.

alse

This is based on observations of ssoke —
Post Inargy
sam
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