Satellite meteorology in the cold war era: scientific coalitions and international leadership 1946-1964

Satellite meteorology in the cold war era: scientific coalitions and international leadership 1946-1964

In tracing the history of the TIROS meteorological satellite system, this dissertation details the convergence of two communities: the DOD space scientists who established US capability to launch and operate these remote sensing systems and the US Weather Bureau meteorologists who would be the manag...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Callahan, Angelina Long
Other Authors: Krige, John
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2014
Subjects:
Vanguard satellite program
Explorer satellite program
International Geophysical Year
TIROS Satellite
Homer Newell
Francis Reichelderfer
Harry Wexler
John Hagen
Naval Research Laboratory
NASA
Sounding rockets
Satellite meteorology
Cold War
TIROS satellites
Military meteorology
Meteorological services
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50350

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