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G.A.R.P. Atlantic Tropical Experiment
About this film
Full title: G.A.R.P. Atlantic Tropical Experiment (SMS-1) Full Disk IR Imagery Gate Area View, August 30-September 19, 1974 Original catalog record: The availability of infared imagery from SMS-1 on a 24-hourly basis, at a 30-minute scan interval, provides for a nearly complete data set on clouds, cloud patterns and cloud systems over the gate area. This imagery provides detailed information on the larger features of the tropical atmosphere such as atmospheric waves, disturbances and the intertropical convergence zone and on smaller features such as cloud cluster, cloud lines and related mesoscale phenomena.
Directors & creators
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Subjects
Artificial satellites; GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment, Atmospheric physics, Computer graphics, Weather forecasting
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