Project 31,1 ~ Microbarograph - W. A. Gustafson
The purpose of this project was to measure winds in ozone layer of the
atmosphere,
This was accomplished by measuring at several sites the arrival
times of the shock wave reflected from the ozone layer.
operated:
Ujelang, Wotho, Rongerik, and Eniwetok,
were operated about one mile apart.
Four sites were
At each site, two stations
The difference in arrival times gives the
angle of incidence of the shock and information from several stations may be
canbined to
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he winds,
|(FLATHEAD), good shot records were obtained from all stations,
except Rongerik, which had high ambient wind noise.
However, enough directions
are available for the Bikini shot to allow ozonosphere wind and temperature
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resolution, but this has not yet been accomplished,