OPERATION GREENHOUSE -

DATE:

TIME:

PPG time

Easy
GMT

Sponsor:

21 Apr 1951 20 Apr 1951
0627

1827

SITE:

:

LASL

PPG - Eniwetok - Janet
11°

162°

«4o')

1k'

Site elevation:
TOTAL YIELD:

47 kt

608"

a5"

HEIGHT OF BURST:

ON

&E

Sea level

300 ft

TYPE OF BURST AND PLACEMENT:

Tower burst over coral soil
FIREBALL DATA:
Time to ist minimum:
Time to @nd maximum:
Radius at end maximum:

CRATER DATA:

Diameter:
Depth:

19 to 29.5 msec
200 to 230 msec
NM

CLOUD TOP HEIGHT:
CLOUD BOTTOM HEIGHT:

41,000 ft MSL
30,000 ft MSL

836 ft
2.4 ft

REMARKS:
The fallout readings on the shot island were obtained by the
Radiological Safety organization at H+28 hours and corrected to
H+l hours, using the t7!°? decay approximation.
Dose rates
shown for other islands are based upon daily surveys made to
determine field decay rates.
Readings were made 1 meter above
the ground with gamma ionization chambers.
The values shown
were corrected to Ht+tl hour by extrapolating from the experimental

decay curves.

There was a wind shear at about 15,000 feet.

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