The Weather Satellite Program

Bibliographic Reference(s)

• Automatic Picture Transmission TV Camera System for Meteorological Satellites [Active]
• The Interpretation of Cloud Pictures from the Tiros Meteorological Satellites [Active]
• 1. Kreuzer Barton , “Space age, electronic and motion-picture systems,” Jour. SMPTE , 70 , 951 – 966 , Dec. 1961 . EXTERNAL
• 10. “Advanced RCA Television Cameras Aboard ESSA-3 Satellite Will Transmit Daily Pictures of World Weather Conditions,” News Release from RCA Corp. , Oct. 1, 1966 . EXTERNAL
• 11. Stroud W. G. , “Extraordinary photographs of Earth taken by TIROS satellite,” National Geographic , 118 , 296 – 302 , Aug. 1960 . EXTERNAL
• 12. Herrick Casey I. , “From Geneva,” VISTA (United Nations publication), 3 : 27 – 35 , Sept. 1967 , a report on the work of the World Meteorological Organization. EXTERNAL
• 13. Sullivan Walter , “Doughnut clouds may influence world's weather,” New York Times , Sec. C, Apr. 17, 1967 , p. 41 . EXTERNAL
• 14. Mason B. J. , “Development of meteorological observing techniques in the satellite and computer age,” J. Sci. Instr., Ser. 2 , 1 , 257 – 264 , Mar. 1968 ; describes meteorological research in England. EXTERNAL
• 15. “Meteorological Satellites and Sounding Rockets ,” NASA Pamphlet No. 786–206, U.S. Government Printing Office , Washington, DC , 1965 . EXTERNAL
• 16. “Ektamatic Processor Plays Major Role in Safe, Comfortable Overseas Flights,” Kodakery (Kodak weekly newspaper), 25 : Apr. 20, 1967 . EXTERNAL
• 17. Albert Edward G. , “The Improved TIROS Operational Satellite,” Tech. Memo. NESCTM-7, National Environmental Space Center, U.S. Dept. of Commerce , Washington, DC , Aug. 1968 . EXTERNAL
• 18. Johnson Arthur W. , “Weather Satellites: II,” Scientific American , 220 , 52 – 68 , Jan. 1969 ; also Morris Neilburger and Harry Wexler, “Weather Satellites,” ibid. 205 : 80–94, July, 1961. EXTERNAL
• 19. Wukelic George E. , “The USSR in Space,” Space World , vol. E-12–60 : 11 – 17 , Dec, 1968 . EXTERNAL
• 20. Automatic Picture Transmission Camera , Pamphlet No. DEP/SCN-202, Astro-Electronics Div., RCA Corp. , Princeton, NJ , 1967 . EXTERNAL
• 21. Schnapf A. , The TIROS Decade , Pamphlet No. PE-411, Astro-Electronics Div., RCA Corp. , Princeton, NJ , 1968 . EXTERNAL
• 22. Schnapf Abraham , “TIROS and ESSA Satellite design and test for mission success,” Presented at the Symposium on Long Life Hardware for Space, Marshall Space Flight Center , Alabama , Mar. 18, 1969 , 35 pp., 20 figures. EXTERNAL
• 23. Slee Louis F. , “Keeping track of the world's weather,” Electronic Age , 26 : No. 3 , 7 – 11 , Summer 1967 ; an RCA publication. EXTERNAL
• 24. Slee Louis F. , “Economic growth via satellite,” Electronic Age , 27 : No. 2 , 18 – 21 , Spring, 1968 ; an RCA publication. EXTERNAL
• 25. Krawitz Lowell , “Weather and climate,” Electronic Age , 27 : No. 2 , 28 – 31 , Spring 1968 ; an RCA publication. EXTERNAL
• 26. Ewing Ann , “Weather probe set near Barbados,” Science News , 95 , 411 – 413 , Apr. 26, 1969 ; United States launches largest air-sea project in search of weather origins. EXTERNAL
• 4. Schnapf Abraham , “The TIROS global system,” preprint of talk before New York Academy of Sciences, Jan. 12, 1965 . EXTERNAL
• 5. Schnapf Abraham , “The TIROS IX wheel satellite,” RCA Review , 27 : No. 1 , 3 – 40 , Mar. 1966 . EXTERNAL
• 6. “What's with the weather?” News and Product Information pamphlet, Defense Electronic Products , RCA Corp. , June 16, 1966 . EXTERNAL
• 7. “RCA Spacecraft Performance Summary” includes launch data and useful life for TIROS, ESSA, Relay, Range, Nimbus, Lunar Orbiter and other spacecraft, RCA Corp. , March 1, 1969 . EXTERNAL
• 8. “RCA Space Program Summary,” Fact-sheet on TIROS, ESSA, Relay, Nimbus, Ranger, Lunar Orbiter, Apollo, OGO Recorder and OAO TV Camera , RCA Corp. , Oct. 7, 1966 . EXTERNAL
• 9. “Spacecraft and Space Programs,” ten technical papers by RCA scientists and engineers; published by Astro-Electronics Div., RCA Corp. , 1966 . EXTERNAL