ZEBRA DAY

Location of Center of Rising Atomic Cloud
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from H~-hour until H~-hour plus 120 Minutes

MINUTES THAT WIND ACTED OW CLOUD AT SACH
5,000 FOOT LEVEL

METHOD OF COMPUTING LOCATION
OF CANTER OF ATOMIC CLOOD TOP AT TIME IT
REACHED MIGHEST ALTITUDE

The graph of the agimth angles of the
primary @lowd masse shows that the stomie loud
moved tery little borizontally during the
firet three minutes, Basause of the relatively light winde at lower levels and the rapid
Frise of the stomio elowd, wind deta below
15,000 foet- have aot been sonsidered in these
computations, The tims intervals given
below have teen obtained by dividing tha eurve
shows on the page
Rips
of the
A
Cloud Jato $,000 root segments, 2,500 fest
On either side of the altitude is question,
and reading off the iatersections of the
plotted curve with the time ordinates, Theses
ties intervals are ecasidered to be the
hauber of miuetes that the upper vinds seted
om the slowd at esek 5,000 foot level, Date
up to 25,000 feet have beon eaed for the
primary slowd mess en4 data for %,006 feat
have bows aeed for the aloud projection.

de the atemie slow! wee asted upon by

the upper wisde during the 12.0 minates
thet it ma rieiag, the top of the cloud
was displaced a comeidereble élstanse fron
the test site by the tins that it reached
merinvn altitude, Tee apper winds et H-hour
have been eotinated by eomsidering deta
obtained several sours before and after
H-hovr, Theee eatimted wied date give 6
sovameot of 4,4 sautioal piles is « direstioa

from 2557,

Thin inersese 1m distence between

the cloud end the theodolite observation

stations auat be comsidered if the tree

altitude of the slowd is to be acmsidered. |
Tae position of the eloud haa bees ealculated by joining together veotors ahiah
are directed im eccordsnee with the upper
wind at the $,000 foot Level in question end
wbieh are proportions] in leagth to the tine
tbat the cloud required fc pase through the
altitude taterrel,
The radii of the eireles are im neutioel
miles, and the individesl veotdre are identified by figurwa signifying thousands of
feet,

feat,

?7O*

90°

UPPER WDB AT F-ROOR
Altitude

Beareeg

10,000

20

10

15,000

20

1a

20,000

240

8

25,000

250

26

30,000

240

40

35,000

zn

—Jimies

15,000
20,000
25,000

(20 +2.1)
(94-20)
(8.0 - 3.4)

2 a9
= 24
- 26

3,900

(22.0-10.2}

- 4.0

LENOTHS OF VECTORS DW MAUTICAL MILES

Kwok

Altitude Hours

Egote

15,000 0.9/60 5 10
1.4/60 3

-29-

Magtios)
=

Ub

=

2.6/60 3 2%

=

4.0/0 x MO

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