![]() It allows a user to simulate a nuclear detonation (with several possible parameters, including explosive yield and height of burst) anywhere on the world. Dolan’s The Effects of Nuclear Weapons(1977) and online map programs (initially Google Maps, but now MapBox). NUKEMAP is essentially a “mash-up” of Samuel Glasstone and Philip J. The fallout plume is visible, and the fatalities and injuries are calculated in the many millions. A screenshot from NUKEMAP, showing the effects of the first hydrogen bomb ever tested, had it been detonated on the island of Manhattan. It has been used by over 20 million people globally, and has been featured in both academic and general-audience publications and television shows for depicting nuclear weapons effects. Since then it has had many updates to its effects model and capabilities. I created it in 2012 (and did all programming, design, and research on it). ![]() NUKEMAP is a web-based nuclear weapons effects simulator. ![]()
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