Integration of the Planck function over almost any band of wavelengths normally of interest to meteorology is shown now to be practical using modern scientific pocket calculators. A graph of the integral and an example are included.
The meteorological data which can be expected from artificial satellites of relatively sophisticated types are discussed, as are the problems associated with the observing and handling of such data. The deductions which seem possible from such data and a simplified example of how they might be used are presented. An appraisal of the probable meteorological value of such data is included.
An attempt is made to integrate the existing knowledge, from some 28 published sources, with regard to the iiitcrprctatioii of satellite observed cloud vortex patterns. It is found that the inodel proposed by Boucher and Newcoiiib is gciicrdly valid, although certain elaborations seem reasonable. Characteristics of cloud patterns indiccttive of troughs riLther than closed Lows have been determiired by Rogcrs. It is found t h a t information conceriiiiig pressure center positions, pressure departures from normal, future system inovciiiciit, frontal positions, air iiinss conditions, surfitce and upper-level winds, and precipitation can often be deduced froin the cloud patterns visible ill the satellite pictures.
The importance of "jet streams'' and other near-tropopause phenomena to aircraft operations led to the establishment by the Air Force of a project for probing these regions. Two specially instrumented aircraft, a B-47 jet bomber and a B-29, are the data gathering vehicles. Their instrumentation is discussed and examples of the data gathered thus far are given. These data show that significant maxima and minima of wind speed can occur between reporting stations and indicate that at jet stream levels, the gradient wind is a much better approximation to observed space-averaged winds than the geostrophic.t Entered as second class matter September 24, 1945, at the Post Office at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in paragraph (d-2), section 34.40, P. L. and R. of 1948of , authorized September 24, 1945 Address all business communications, purchase orders and inquiries regarding the Society to the Executive Secretary, 3 Joy Street, Boston 8, Mass. See inside back cover for complete information regarding publications, officers and activities of the Society.143 Downloaded from http://journals.ametsoc.org/
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