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Project 1.9 = Water Wave Stuiles - Ly W. Kidd
OBJECTIVE
tudies of water wave action fpenerated by the detonation of large
yield (greater than1MT) nuclear deviccs are made at relatively close
ranges and at several distant islanis by Project 1.9,
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INSTDUMENT ATION
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The instrumentation or wee essentially the
(CHPROKET), with the exceptien that higher
iseal wave antiok in the Pikini arca was expectcd, and a more oxtensive instrumentation effort was made in this areca.
Of the local
instrumentation, five shere recording Mark VITT wave units (sone at
Pniwetok) and ene skiff station in Pikini Legoon gave usefl fate.
PST Prefect 1.1 mete a number of inunjaticn measurements, tet the re-
Station
Ailinginee
Eniwetok
wake
Johnston
Approximate
Range (mi)
4o
209
509
largest Wave
Yetsrt (em)
Pericd
(sec)
Recora not yet available
b.2
359
5
350
1500
No, of
Vaves
5
5-7
Undetectable atove high backercound
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The very long rerioi TSrggrlituie waves were again observed on
the Eniwetck record,
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Microbarorraphice records were obtained on wWeke,
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