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Nuclear Explosions CSV File

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Sam Donald
Version 1.0.1, created 10/28/2022
Tags: Nuclear, Atomic bomb, War

Overview

Details of nuclear explosions prior to 2000

https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/tree/2e9bd5a67e09b14d01f616b00f7f7e0931515d24/data/2019/2019-08-20

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Key Descriptions

Key List of... Comment Example Value
Location.Country String Country deploying the nuclear device "USA"
Location.Region String Region where nuclear device was deployed "Alamogordo"
Data.Source String Source the reported the explosion event "DOE"
Location.Coordinates.Latitude Float Latitude position 32.54
Location.Coordinates.Longitude Float Longitude position -105.57
Data.Magnitude.Body Float Body wave magnitude of explosion (mb) 0.0
Data.Magnitude.Surface Float Surface wave magnitude of explosion (Ms) 0.0
Location.Coordinates .Depth Float Depth at detonation in Km (could be underground or above ground) -- please note that positive = depth (below ground), while negative = height (above ground) -0.1
Data.Yield.Lower Float Explosion yield lower estimate in kilotons of TNT 21.0
Data.Yield.Upper Float Explosion yield upper estimate in kilotons of TNT 21.0
Data.Purpose String 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) "Wr"
Data.Name String Name of event or bomb "Trinity"
Data.Type String 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) "Tower"
Date.Day Integer Day of detonation 16
Date.Month Integer Month of detonation 7
Date.Year Integer Year of detonation 1945