STATUS OF GLOBAL FALLOUT PREDICTIONS

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Table 1—GLOBAL "Sr INVENTORY, MEGACURIES

May

~Stratosphere
Northern hemisphere
To 21 km
21 to 30 km
Southern hemisphere
To 21 km
21 to 30 km

Troposphere

—

Total in atmosphere
To 30 km
Worldwide deposition
Estimated local fallout
Total

’

Cumulative production

1960

1961

May

April

January

January

0.25
0.25

0.22
0,12

1.11
0.13

4,51
1.21

2.7
0.7

0.25
0.19

0.26

0.21

0.42

0.4

0.12

0.05

0.10

0.2

0.03

0.03

0.16

0.32

0.3

1.0
4.3
2.6

0.8
4.5
2.5

1.7
5.1
2.5

6.6
5.8
2.4

4.3
7.9
2.4

7.9

7.8

9.3

14.8

14.6

8.8

8.5

11.1

19.1

18.6

1962

1963

1964

Table 2—GLOBAL EXCESS 44C INVENTORY,* 1027 ATOMS
November
1960

May to
June 1961

2.0

2.4

March to
April 1963

July
1963

December to
January 1964

14,2

14.8

13.4

Stratosphere
Northern hemisphere
To 21 km

21 to 30 km
Southern hemisphere
To 21 km

21 to 30 km

.

:

1.2
1.7

Total
Cumulative production

6.5

4.6

(1.5)

(1.3) . (1.3)

2.3

4.1

(1.9)

10.5

11.8

24.5

28.4

28.1

19.1

48.3
12,1

13.4

16.2

21,4

25.3

60.4

«68.5

69.4"

24.3

24.3

91.7

91.7

91.7

§.1

1.7

6.0

(0.9)

Totalin atmosphere ~
:
To 30 km’
16.3 .

Oceanic uptake

1.7

6.2

55.1

*Parentheses denote estimates where there were no observations.

3.5

51.5

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