a

8

8

APPARENT HEIGHT (KM)

200

40

1.

i

sO

60

70

ELAPSED TIME AFTER DETONATION (MIM)

°

/

60

90

Fige 3.19 = Apparent Minimum Height of Groupi: of Echoes at Rongerik
from 40 to 95 min after Shot 4, with Fitted Hyperbolic

Curves

Assuming that the point of reflection moved horizontally at a
height h with a velocity v, passing overhead at time to, the slant
vange R at time t may be found from the right~triangular relationship
By selecting three well-distributed points which represent the-trend
of the sequence between plus 40 and 70 min, it is possible to establish values of h, v, and to which yield the first hyperbolic curve
shown in Fig. 3.19. Equatio 3.1 may be solved for h, v, and to in

terms of the three selected points (R1, t13 Ra, t23; R3, +3) to give

to = 1/2

B12 (ta2=tf) + R22 (te2— 12) + Ry? (ty2—t22)

‘

Ry2 (ty = t3) + RoA(ty ~ ty) + Rer(t, ty)

v=

he

[

Ro*_ = Ry?

(tz - ty) (tg + ty - 2ty)

[m2-2%

Ye

(ty - t,)*| 1/2

pe
SECRET

> (3.2)

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