stations, consisting of one lung baseline and one short baseline in the Hawalian area, one short baseline in the San Francisco area, and one long
bascline in the Eastern United States.
The short baseline system was tested
for ability to determine a hyperbolic Mne of position by use of the inverse
LORAN principle. The long baseline system was tested for the capability of
each network to develop two hyperbolic lines of position which would give a
fix on GY. Preliminary results show that under the conditions of this test,
where the expected yield and time of detonation are known, the detonation
point of nuclear devices in the yield range obtained on Redwing could be
accurately located at long ranges by this method. However, there are yet
many ;roblems to be solved before a continuous monitoring system is feasible.
In another pruject, Evans Signal Laboratory and AFCRC investigated
the effect of nuclear detunations upon the ionosphere. The results of this
purely scientific research effort have no immediate applicable military value.
The high-yield detonations produced notable changes upon the fonosphere and
upon the absorption of vertically transmitted radio waves, whereas small
detonations had nu obscived effect.
Ultrasonics Corporation tested airborne flush-mounted ferrite-core
antennas and phototubes for yield determination. These components are to
become a part of a Bhangmeter which is to be required equipment in the
weapon system of the supersonic B-58 aircraft. It is considered feasible to
use this unit, with some modification, for determining yield from aircraft.
ESL recorded the wave form of the electromagnetic pulse emanating
from a nuclear detonation. The laboratory wil! correlate the wave-form
parameters with the height and yield of detonations. This information is to
be used as a basis for developing a tactical IBDA system to meet the re-
quirements of the U. S. Army.
The Naval Research Laboratory measured microwave attenuation as a
function of time in the ionization region resulting from a nuclear detonation.
This information is of value in the development of a telemetering link for
transmitting technical information from a high-altitude nuclear detonation.
2.1.7
Program 8, Thermal Effects
The primary objectives of Program 8 were (1) to make basic thermal
radiation measurements with which to study the radiating properties of the
fireball; (2) to determine, for further laboratory studies, critical ignition
energies for cellulosic materials exposed to the relatively-long-duration
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One project, sponsured by AFCRC, tested two systems for accurately
locating GZ from long-range stations by measurement of the electromagnetic
pulse generated by the nuclecr detonations. Installed were four groups of