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PRELIMINARY REPORY, Cloud Sampling on Mike Shot, Project 1.3
By E. F. Plank
SAMPLES
1.1Runber of Samples
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2.2 Semple Size
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Samples odtained by Red Flight (1M, Mf, 30) ap well as ene sample froa
Waite Flight (7M) were each approxinate ly the sise predicted and were satis
factory for yield determination, Samples #4 5M ané 6M of White Flicht and # 9M,
doa, 21m and 24cere eppcorimately onesthird the aise ef the best four ent were
satisfactory for the purpose of ratie and dctector studies,
These samples vere
from five te ten times smaller than they should have been beeause of unforseen —
operational limitations beyond the eontrol of this project. (sce paragraph 3.2)e
The two reconnaisance aireraft cave very saall samples (15 and 16M) which shoulé
Be useful for ratie sheoks,
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1.3 Sample Quality
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BEST COPY AVAILABLE
Semple quality is governed by the eapability ef penetrating the main
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5]25 50°52 were taken at radically different altitudes or seetions ef the sloud, are
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of sampling, By comparison the exeepted samples should afford an ineight into
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