“Those tests in the 50’s and 60’s proved it. “
Hey, Nathan, who died in the Soviet high altitude-high yield tests?
Or Starfish, ARGUS, and the others the USA conducted?
Trees ignite, buildings char, or anything?
BTW “Space Weather” means dealing with cosmic rays, solar particles, and the radiation bands around Earth, usually in the context of satellite health and performance predictions. I do space weather too, especially SEE from galactic cosmic rays. It has nothing to do with weather down on Earth. A nuke in space pumps teh radiation belts with tons of particles, so people in the field study the high altitude nukes to learn more about the behaviour of the rad belts.
Exactly, part of my work is rad lot acceptance tests for flight hardware. SEE at a cyclotron, latchup at a FXR, and total dose (Co-60). Interesting stuff up there.