fg - Z) - e.- aa trop sphecic failsut will ve minimal and taking the spring i950 daca we ovcain ax averaz,e of 2.6 mii_icuvies pez cquare mie at that time. Doing tne same thing in i956 we obtain 6.5 miilicuries per square mite for a aifferer:ce of 3.7 miilicuries pec square mile o¢ an average faiiout cate of 1.u milsicucies per square mile per year. Takin, the mean -tratospheric inventory from Figure 6 fox the year 1957 of about 24 megatone or 12 miliicuries pex square mile we calculate the stratospheric vecidence time which agrees with this. The recult is 5.5 years wiiieh number will obvioucty agree we.i with the data vhown in Fivure i5. The difference Setween the United Ctates and foreizn coliections in the VJiven latitude ave welt iiluctrated by the monthniy cain data for July, Auguct ana September, 1957. __. Tne avera.ze of Unite: Crates ctaciois for those three montis wac we £ .25 miliicuries per square miie while the average for fovelsi stations is, the came Latituae was 1.3 + 4.zZ, a ain It ic to be ayreein,; witn te soi. data chown im Table III. hopeu that we wiiit scou have anaiyves of the 1955 coil coilectione pecauce it ic clear that tne:e data ave of extxeme importance deciding about tne meciianiim of ctratospheric falzout. Tue /shean Protect, the proiect for samplin, the stra cpnesce by means of val.oone and fistecs continues out analytical ’ > Lifficultie. have calc zsrxne uoudt on tue vaiidaity of the data. a ae Y ARCHIVES « DOSS | DO eenEEE!DR

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