indications tmt the arbitrary system wes in error, the activity was

reassigned to the appropriate burst.

In the case of observations in

the Pacific and adjoining regions, it was usually possible to
deterztine the burst responsible for the activity from an examination
of the trajectories of the debris in conjunction with observed
increases in radioactivity. Elsewhere in the world, it was ordinarily
necessary to use the arbitrarily assigned burst. All maps of daily
fallout values indicate the burst assignment used in computing the

decay correction. Unless otherwise indicated, all radioactivity is
reported in units of disintegrations per minute per square foot of “1.2
gummed film, decayed to 100 days after the day of the burst. -The t*
law for the decay of fission product activity has been used throughout.
The maps of daily fallout include only the data from the land
stations, since there is considerable uncertainty in the ship data.
The locations of the ships were imperfectly known and the procedures
for avoiding cross-contamination of samples in handling and mailing,
particularly on ships exposed to heavy fallout at some time during

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their voyage, were not adequate. The ship data were utilized in the
drawirg of isolines of activity on the fallout maps and in the
intercretation of the land station data.

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