Flashes and the Duration of Firaballs
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:53 am
I didn't quite know where to put this so i hope it ended up in the right place. If not, then boot it to wherever it belongs.
What i'm pondering is the light flashes caused from explosives. Particularly flashes that can be seen all the way from space. Are there any guidelines for what kind of a flash would be seen from what kind of an explosive? Something one could attach to a yield?
And what about the duration of the fireball? Let's say you have an incident where there is an extremely large fireball, but it dissapears rather quickly, what should one make of such a case?
What i'm pondering is the light flashes caused from explosives. Particularly flashes that can be seen all the way from space. Are there any guidelines for what kind of a flash would be seen from what kind of an explosive? Something one could attach to a yield?
And what about the duration of the fireball? Let's say you have an incident where there is an extremely large fireball, but it dissapears rather quickly, what should one make of such a case?