Awan jamur

Bom AtomterhadapNagasaki,Jepangpada tanggal9 Agustus1945

Awan jamuradalah awan berbentuk jamur dariuap airataudebrisyang disebabkan oleh letusan yang sangat besar. Awan jamur umumnya berhubungan dengan ledakan nuklir, tetapi ledakan besar apapun akan membuat pengaruh yang sama. Letusangunung berapidapat menciptakan awan jamur alami.

Referensi

• Batchelor, G. K.An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics,Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1967.
• Glasstone, Samuel, and Dolan, Philip J.The Effects of Nuclear Weapons,3rd edn. Washington, DC: United States Department of Defense and Energy Research and Development Administration, 1977. (esp."Chronological development of an air-burst"Diarsipkan2005-12-04 diWayback Machine.and "Description of Air and Surface Bursts" in Chapter II) (This entire book is available here:http:// princeton.edu/~globsec/publications/effects/effects.shtmlDiarsipkan2009-02-27 diWayback Machine..)
• Vigh, Jonathan.Mechanisms by Which the Atmosphere Adjusts to an Extremely Large Explosive Event,2001. (See:http://euler.atmos.colostate.edu/~vigh/other_works/at735/vigh_adjustment_mechanisms.pdfDiarsipkan2008-09-05 diWayback Machine..)
• Weart, Spencer.Nuclear Fear: A History of Images.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988.

Pranala luar

• Carey Sublette's Nuclear Weapon Archivehas many photographs of mushroom clouds
• DOE Nevada Site OfficeDiarsipkan2009-10-29 diWayback Machine.has many photographs of nuclear tests conducted at theNevada Test Siteand elsewhere