Abstract
Using a simple atmospheric model, expressions for the reservoirs of fission products in the atmosphere from the 1961–62 nuclear explosions are found. Estimates of the rate of interhemispheric transfer and the ratio of northern and southern reservoirs are computed from observed values of the fission products.
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PEIRSON, D., CAMBRAY, R. Interhemispheric Transfer of Debris from Nuclear Explosions using a Simple Atmospheric Model. Nature 216, 755–758 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216755a0
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