OPERATION GREENHOUSE -

DATE:
TIME:

PPG time

9 May 1951
0930

George

GMT

Sponsor: LASL
SITE: PPG - Eniwetok - Ruby

11°
162°

8 May 1951
2130

«37'
18'

Site elevation:

HEIGHT OF BURST:

#37"
53"

N
E

Sea level.

200 ft

TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:
Tower burst over coral soil

CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:

56,000 ft MSL
41,000 ft MSL

REMARKS:
The survey readings on the shot island were obtained at H+2h hours

and extrapolated to H+l hour using the t-}°* decay approximation.
Since
the winds were from the west~southwest throughout their entire structure, no radiation reading higher than twice background was observed on

islands beyond 2,000 yards from ground zero.

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