EIGHT MAJOR STORMS CAPTURED BY WEATHER SATELLITE

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CREST [1]

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NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]

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CIA-RDP85T00339R000500140001-5

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RIFPUB

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Document Creation Date:

December 28, 2016

Document Release Date:

July 16, 2009

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PHOTO

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Approved For Release 2009/07/16: CIA-RDP85T00339R000500140001-5 Approved For Release 2009/07/16: CIA-RDP85T00339R000500140001-5 Approved For Release 2009/07/16: CIA-RDP85T00339R000500140001-5 Eight Major Storms Captured By Weather Satellite mitting instantaneous:'cloud ,pictures APT,'Capability) then photographed. The result 3.s a mosaic such d., L.?j6-, basic signal. The computer then locates each digital value and the precise map location where it belongs. The computer tape containing this information is then .a; cr,l a~~crl nn a television-like tube (Kinescope) and P assigned according to the. brightness indicated by the p ture signals, received in analog form from the satel- lite are sampled at short intervals, and numbers are This is believed to be the largest number of storms spotted on a single day by satellites. This picture is a digital mosaic compiled from ESSA 5 ( stored icture capability ) satellite photographs. The pic- ESSA 5 Weather Satellite tracked eight major storms in the Northern Hemisphere on Sept. 14, 1967, in- cluding the billion dollar destroyer Hurricane Beulah. . lT!y ESAP10 pHOTOGIRI-M ~v. Approved For Release 2009/07/16: CIA-RDP85T00339R000500140001-5 I