Purpose of detonation: COMBAT (WWII bombs dropped over Japan), FMS (Soviet test, study phenomenon of nuclear explosion), ME (Military Exercise), PNE (Peaceful nuclear explosion), SAM (Soviet test, accidental mode/emergency), SSE (French/US tests - testing safety of nuclear weapons in case of accident), TRANSP (Transportation-storage purposes), WE (British, French, US, evaluate effects of nuclear detonation on various targets), WR (Weapons development program)
"Name"
str
"Trinity"
Name of event or bomb
"Type"
str
"Tower"
type - method of deployment -- ATMOSPH (Atmospheric), UG (underground), BALLOON (Balloon drop), AIRDROP (Airplane deployed), ROCKET (Rocket deployed), TOWER (deplyed at top of constructed tower), WATERSURFACE (on surface of body of water), BARGE (on barge boat), SURFACE (on surface or in shallow crater), UW (Underwater), SHAFT (Vertical Shaft underground), TUNNEL/GALLERY (Horizontal tunnel)
Key
Type
Example Value
Description
"Latitude"
float
32.54
Latitude position
"Longitude"
float
-105.57
Longitude position
Key
Type
Example Value
Description
"Body"
float
0.0
Body wave magnitude of explosion (mb)
"Surface"
float
0.0
Surface wave magnitude of explosion (Ms)
Key
Type
Example Value
Description
"Depth"
float
-0.1
Depth at detonation in Km (could be underground or above ground) -- please note that positive = depth (below ground), while negative = height (above ground)
