The Key to Understanding EMPs: Altitude of the Nuclear Detonation

The altitude of a nuclear detonation is critical in determining which pulses are created and, in part, how powerful they are. Some of these complicated and nuanced effects are counterintuitive, and most depictions of effects online are wrong. In this video, I hope to introduce some of the reasons for this.

Sources for this video include:

The Early-Time (E1) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-320) (http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2019/ph241/rogers1/docs/meta-r-320.pdf)

The Late-Time (E3) High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and Its Impact on the U.S. Power Grid (Meta-R-321) (https://www.futurescience.com/emp/ferc_Meta-R-321.pdf)

EMP & CME Effects: A Guide for Apocalypse Fiction Authors & Preppers (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCG766TV/)