APPENDIX B

TABULATED DATA
B.1

TOTAL-COLLECTOR AND RAIN-GAGE DATA

Tables B.1, B.2, and B.3 list the amount and activity of fall-out collected in the total collectors and the rain-gage buckets. Values of activity have been corrected to a commondate of

21 November 1952, and both weight of fall-out and activity are expressed in units per square

foot. To obtain the total weight of solids that arrived at each station, the leached activity in
the rain water was converted to an equivalent weight of solid, and this value was addedto the
weight of solid collected. This conversion was accomplished by assuming that the quantity of
material leached was proportional to the amountof activity leached.

B.2

SECONDARY FALL-OUT DATA

Data listed in Table B.4 represent the activity collected on the gummed-papercollectors
located at the weather islands and aboard the task force ships. Each collector consisted of 2
sq ft of Kum-Kleen gummed paper, and exposures were made for either 12- or 24-hr periods.
All counting data are corrected to 21 November 1952.

B.3

SUMMARY OF DATA COLLECTED ON THE FREE-FLOATING SEA STATIONS

The free-floating sea stations were not in the area of primary fall-out, and those data
collected represent the activity from secondary fall-out only. Recovery of the sea stations
was made while the secondaryfall-out was arriving, so the data are of little value. Each
station was equipped with a total collector as well as 1 sq ft of Kum-Kleen gummed paper All
counting data were corrected to 21 November 1952 and are listed in Table B.5.

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