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1 Of Mushroom Clouds and Monroe County Kyle Foster kaf3496@rit.edu Applications of GIS November 9, 2006

2 Overview Nuclear weapons primer Confusion & Clarity The Target What GIS shows us Questions?

3 What is a nuclear weapon? For our purposes, a large explosive with interesting side-effects Typical Effects: “Hard Radiation” Pulse Fireball Shock Waves Thermal Pulse Fallout http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Minor_Scale_test_explosion.jpg

4 How Large is “Large”? All targets are not created equal Classified information Witnesses Survivors Public misinformation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Atomic_cloud_over_Hiroshima.jpg

5 Why nuclear weapons? http://static.flickr.com/66/179437975_b222016850_m.jpg http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=19571639&imageID=138676155 http://myspace-864.vo.llnwd.net/00801/46/89/801599864_m.jpg

6 A Sense of Scale Rochester, NY http://maps.google.com http://media.citiesunlimited.com/images/local/photos/06- 02/8c15b3ad5c84bfa5a746529ea24251219609b472-350px-Rochester-NY- skyline.jpg.medium.jpg http://www.roadfood.com/photos/mini_4285.jpg

7 GIS Hypocenter marked via Editor Blast features calculated (optimal air burst assumed) Buffers built from results

8 15 kilotons “Little Boy” in Hiroshima RegionRadius (km)Population 20 psi overpressure2.13602 5 psi overpressure1.822892 lethal thermal radiation0.68431464

9 100 kilotons 1962 “Storax Sedan” test RegionRadius (km)Population 20 psi overpressure1.311055 5 psi overpressure3.495689 lethal thermal radiation4.5156193

10 1 megaton 1955 Soviet RDS-37 test (1.6 Mt) RegionRadius (km)Population 20 psi overpressure2.757605 5 psi overpressure7.2265794 lethal thermal radiation11.7420512

11 50 megatons 1961 Soviet “Tsar Bomba” RegionRadius (km)Population 20 psi overpressure9.9355352 5 psi overpressure26.3695643 lethal thermal radiation58735343

12 Questions?

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