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troposphere)
cuac tne concentrdtion of che cosmic ray tritium
in the stratorpiuexvic moisture will be very higit,
sometnin, rixe
in the inverse .atio of the water concentrations, to,echer with
an additional factor for the 5 to +. year stora;e time of tne
Weil, in cub-ctance, the nyd-og
ecomic vay-prowuced tritium.
vomb: fired over Jonson Islami wade critium water in lasse
rs
quantities in the wtvatosohnere and co it i: to be expectea if
che simpie uniform mocel is corvsect tnat the scainu as. over che
world will show a stratospheric tritium avip as well as tne
weli known stratospheric strontium-90 and cesium-137 ficcion
product drip. wich nave peen occurring for years.
But this
-tratospneric tritium drip from Jourson Inland haa its
zelo time in ‘ujuct of 1956 just ac tne wsnodium-iJ2 Lrotoge
aid.
The tritium, however, witn a 12.25 year haif-life and ite
7
2
a
presence as natucal wace. and folivwwin, the hydrotozical cycle
of the atmocpheve wili, im come way.,
ve more enlightening.
So
it i. with reai interest we loox forward to the next few mortar
to determine the mecnanicm vy whici tne toy part of the world’s
atmovphere mixes in itceif and with the tower atmos, nere.
This
wiili be am importar.t contributioi to metecroloyy and zeophycics
if it develops as expected.
a
a..o9
Se
The apparei.t a,e of che failouc i: measured by the
a
}
a
tO,
/sr2? ana ba
La 5
eo
4
e
(oe vatios.
a
oe
eae
ae,
cs
Gt.ontium-39 with a 54 Gay
half-life and variun-i4) with a 13 uay nalf-1ife give indeperdent
measures of the ase.
Ti. Fijure / tne recutc of extenvive
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