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INDEX
effects of storms, Oklahoma case
studies, 532-65
kinetics studies, 281-300
of particles in convective storms, 523-31
prediction in Dominic I Operation, 630
strontium-90, 691
Water
(see algo Ice, Rain, and Snow)
dust particle wetting by, 281-300
effect on distribution coefficients of
molten soil systems, 37
global circulation studies, 675-85
isotopic composition in atmosphere,
680-84
rain formation processes in atmosphere,
effect on debris deposition, 583
Water vapor
tritium content in tropical latitudes, 683
Weapons testing
American atmospheric tests in 1961 and
1962, 302-22
debris from, estimated Russian and
U. 8. contributions, 504-5
effects on air activity in 1962, 487-93
effects on tritium levels in atmosphere,
146-47
monitoring after Chinese tests, 183,
234, 613-14
radioisotopes formed by neutron
activation, 693
Russian atmospheric tests, 161-62,
302-22, 504-5
stratospheric radioactivity in southern
hemisphere from, 409-20
strontium-90 increase in precipitation
due to, 598-99
Weather Bureau
cloud trajectory map for Sedan and
Small Boy shots, 86-7
“‘Controlled Environmental Radioiodine
Tests’’, 821-35
‘Distribution of Radioactivity with
Height in Nuclear Clouds’’, 629-45
‘Status of Global Radioactive Fallout
Predictions”’, 369-91
Stemwinder Project cloud sampling,
629-45
.
Stratospheric transport studies, 385-88
‘*Strontium-90 on the Earth’s Surface.
I’’, 359-68
Weather radar
(see Radar)
Wedlick, Harold L.
“Use of Surface-Air Concentration and
Rainfall Measurements to Predict
Deposition of Fallout Radionuclides’,
723-36
Weizman Institute
tritium monitoring project, 647
Wellington, New Zealand
strontium-90 concentrations in rain,
669, 671
Westwood, New Jersey
addition to 80th Meridian Air Sampling
Program, 617
Wetting
dust particles, kinetics studies, 281-300
mechanismsof, 281-300
Wheat
cesium-137 content, 785, 787
sodium-22 content, 219
Whipple, G. Hoyt
‘‘Use of Surface-Air Concentration and
Rainfall Measurements to Predict
Deposition of Fallout Radionuclides’’,
723-36
Whitby, Kenneth T.
“Particle Charging at Low Pressures’’,
260-80
Whitehorse, Yukon
tritium concentrations since 1961, 65556, 661
Whole body counting
humans on Rongelap diet, 752
Winds
(see also Jet streams)
effects on cesium-137 deposition in
Norway, 865, 875-76
entrainment of contaminated air, 689
climatological, effect on worldwide
deposition, 370-71
convective storm studies, 525
debris deposition model studies, 341
effect on circulation in lower stratosphere, 392-404
radioisotope removal from foliage, 773
velocity, Springfield Project studies,
442-43, 446
Windhoek, Union of South Africa
tritium concentrations since 1961, 652,
657
World Meteorological Organization
tritium monitoring project, 646-74
Worldwide deposition
(see Deposition (worldwide))
WU-2 aircraft
stratospheric sampling in 1962-1964,
301-22, 325
x
X-ray fluorescence analysis
particle analysis program at LRL, 155
Xenon
incorporation in fallout particles, 21-2
Xenon-133
activity in 285U fission product mixture,
99, 101
Xenon-135
contribution to total fission product dose
rate, 33
Y
Young, James A.
‘*Tropospheric C Values in the Pacific
Northwest and the Arctic Basin
during 1964’, 422-27
Yttrium-88
concentration in air at Richland,
Washington, 206-7
concentration at ground level, 247