Open AccessThe mountain iron diffusion program: Phase II South Vandenverg: Volume 3
Author(s) -
H. G. Daubelk,
W. L. Dotson,
J.V. Ramsdell,
P.W. Nickola
Publication year - 1969
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1120561
Subject(s) - environmental science , range (aeronautics) , meteorology , tracer , missile , engineering , geography , aerospace engineering , physics , nuclear physics
A series of field diffusion experiments conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California are discussed. These tests were designed to provide the necessary data from which an empirical equation, derived by multiple regression analysis, has been developed. This equation is to be used as a range safety tool in support of missile activities on the Air Force Western Test Range at the Sudden Ranch Launch Complex, SLC-6. The field experiments utilized a fluorescent pigment, zinc sulfide, U. S. Radium Corporation designation No. 2210, as a tracer. Appro ximately 500 aspirated filters, located at 1. 5 m above the ground, were installed along concentric arcs at 500, 800 and 1000 m from the source, and along roadways at greater downwind distances. These samplers provided measurements of the downwind time-integrated distribution of the tracer. These data were supplemented by: ground and aerial air concentration sampling; and, meteorological data from several sites. Specific data are archived at the USAF Environmental Technical Applications Center