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Meteorological satellite accomplishments
Author(s) -
Allison L. J.,
Arking A.,
Bandeen W. R.,
Shenk W. E.,
Wexler R.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
reviews of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 8.087
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1944-9208
pISSN - 8755-1209
DOI - 10.1029/rg013i003p00737
Subject(s) - satellite , meteorology , weather satellite , remote sensing , atmosphere (unit) , environmental science , national weather service , geography , astronomy , physics
The year 1975 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the U.S. meteorological satellite program, which began on April 1, 1960, when the Tiros 1 experimental satellite was launched. Television pictures taken by the spinning Tiros 1, in a near‐earth, non–sun‐synchronous orbit, were often oblique and poorly illuminated. Nevertheless, they showed the organization of weather systems with a clarity never before seen and revealed phenomena that previously were unknown. Within a few days of the launch of Tiros 1 the new data were being used operationally to improve weather services [ National Environment Satellite Service (NESS) , 1971]. At the same time extensive research was carried out to increase our knowledge of the atmosphere and to develop techniques to utilize the new type of data.