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SPACE APPLICATIONS TO METEOROLOGY
Pages 5-8

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... 2 to l2 hours l000 km Synoptic l day to l week Hemispheric Long range and climate 2 weeks or more Global The observational methods and the prediction techniques vary markedly throughout the range from the smallest to the largest scale. PRESENT-WEATHER DISPLAY In its l97l report, the Committee on Atmospheric Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences placed a high priority on the development of comprehensive systems for monitoring present weather, with the information being made continuously available to broad categories of users.
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From page 6...
... Satellite support of such experimental programs is, of course, highly desirable. RECOMMENDATION - The Panel recommends that NASA develop IR-sounding capability from the geostationary Synchronous Meteorological Satellite in order to support the development of short-range forecasts of local weather.
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From page 7...
... continued R&D efforts toward the use of space techniques to provide wind profiles in the equatorial zone with better vertical resolution than is now possible by cloud-tracking methods, inasmuch as the mixed balloon and satellite observing subsystem planned for FGGE may not lend itself to operational use. LONG-RANGE WEATHER AND CLIMATE PREDICTION It now appears that the ability to predict determinately the state of the atmosphere cannot be extended beyond approximately 2 weeks.
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From page 8...
... Finally, it must be noted that effective pursuit of a climate prediction capability will require an explicit management commitment at the highest level of government. RECOMMENDATIONS - The Panel recommends that (Da program of measuring the global radiation budget must be instituted as soon as possible; this must include long-term measurements of solar radiation, albedot and terrestrial IE emission^ (2)
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  • heat content
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  • space techniques
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  • climate recommends
  • mixed balloon
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  • short period
  • local weather
  • range weather
  • satellite observing
  • surface winds

  • effective predictability
  • hemispheric operational
  • successful weather
  • national weather
  • largest scale

  • scale forecasts
  • effective alternative
  • prediction capability
  • mixed observing
  • geostationary synchronous

  • synoptic forecasting
  • solar radiation
  • predict weather
  • vertical resolution
  • vertical temperature


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