wy
but instrument failure occurred on Jchnston before disturbance arrival.
It will be noted that the MBprosuces waves as high as CASTLE
. BEY 20nc0), a 10 MP surface burst.
creased instrument sensitivity.
This is again attributed to in-
The PF:cuts confirm the in-
dications that the water wave disturbances are generated by barometric
rather than direct erergy coupling effects.
Close in results arc as follows:
Wave action in the Pikini Lagoon was less than that expected.
Approximate maximum deep water amplitude (trough to crest) at various
stations were as follows:
Pryu
~ 34 feet
Bikini
- 24 fect
Airukiiji
- 6
Chiecrete
5
fect
ot 34% feet
ae
Periois of 0 wave train rance? from four minutes te cne
minute.
Up ruch and imundation on Bikini Atoll islends wes insipnifiecsnt
fe
exeept in the ™inman-Airukiij
complex and Eniirikkuw Island.
lincs of this area shew heavy scouring.
subjected to heavy wave action.
The near half of Enitrikku was
The extremity of water inundation in the
re tion «was approximately the ecnter of Airnkiiji.
1)
pte
+
other 2
The beach
Aprarcntly
there was unexpectedly fpreat convergence an? dissipation on the necrby
islands near
Eninman,
In addition the crater breke threugh neither into
the deep ccean nor the deep channel.
All shore recording stations in the
Bikini area yielded data on the overpressure.
NP
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