A Catalog of Fallout Patterns
ResearchPublished 1956
A method for estimating quickly the fallout from a massive nuclear attack. This method consists of 26 carefully computed fallout patterns, together with instructions for matching them approximately to a given yield and wind condition. An outline of the basic computational model is given, and possible sources of errors of estimates are discussed.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
- Availability: Web Only
- Year: 1956
- Pages: 88
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
- Document Number: RM-1676-AEC
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Greenfield, Stanley Marshall, R. Robert Rapp, and P. A. Walters, A Catalog of Fallout Patterns, RAND Corporation, RM-1676-AEC, 1956. As of July 10, 2026: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1676.html
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Greenfield, Stanley Marshall, R. Robert Rapp, and P. A. Walters, A Catalog of Fallout Patterns. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1956. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM1676.html.
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