Illustrated summary of joint Canadian/United States research operation, Project Tirec, carried out to assess feasibility of ice reconnaissance from photography obtained by space satellite and transmitted by electronics back to earth; coordination of launching and operation of Tiros IV meteorological satellite are described; methods used to gather comparative meteorological data by conventional air photography and visual observations, to formulate recognition characteristics of ice and cloud in satellite photos; results of preliminary analysis.


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    Title :

    Ice Reconnaissance from space satellites


    Additional title:

    Can Aeronautics Space J


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1963


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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