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Nuclear Engineering

Air Force Institute of Technology

2001

Nuclear explosions

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Assessment Of The Effects Of Entrainment And Wind Shear On Nuclear Cloud Rise Modeling, Daniel E. Zalewski Mar 2001

Assessment Of The Effects Of Entrainment And Wind Shear On Nuclear Cloud Rise Modeling, Daniel E. Zalewski

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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to construct, during a two-week period, an X-Band Radar (XBR) on Shemya, AK. Wind speeds must not, at any time during the construction, exceed a 25 knot limit set by the MDA for lifting the massive dome panels into place. The goal of this research was to explore the possibilities of long-range forecasts to determine the feasibility of predicting any upcoming two-week windows of opportunity, well in advance, that will ensure the successful completion of constructing the XBR on Shemya. In order to reach this goal, the following objectives were achieved; (1) a climatological …