OPERATION SANDSTONE DATE:
TIME:
PPG time
1 May 1948
0609
TOTAL YIELD:
Yoke
GMT
30 Apr 1948
1809
Sponsor:
SITE:
49 kt
LASL
PPG - Eniwetok - Sally
11°
162°
«37'
#19'
Site elevation:
HEIGHT OF BURST:
N
E
Sea level
200 ft
TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:
Tower burst over coral soil
2258
FIREBALL DATA:
Time to lst minimum:
Time to nd maximum:
Radius to end maximum:
~4o"
27"
CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:
CRATERDATA:
56,000 ft MSL
35,000 ft MSL
Not available
REMARKS:
No fallout pattern available.
Cloud renched tropopause in 12
minutes.
Yoke rain-out was observed on Kwajalein at H+36 hours;
rain fell for 10 hours and the maximum activity observed was 6 to
10 mr/hr.
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