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The Meeting of the Council was called to order at 13h 35m on December 29, 1964, in room 317 of the Student Union Building (HUB) of the University of Washington in Seattle by President George P. Woollard. Other Council members present were W. C. Ackermann, Joseph Berg (alternate for Wayne V. Burt), Earl Cook (alternate for M. K. Hubbert), Robert G. Fleagle (alternate for Henry G. Houghton), James A. Peoples (alternate for Jack E. Oliver), A Nelson Sayre, Waldo E. Smith, E. H. Vestine, Arvi O. Waananen (alternate for David K. Todd), and Charles A. Whitten. Also in.attendance were Roy Hansen, Wilmot N. Hess, Francis S. Johnson, William W. Kellogg, and Urho A. Uotila.

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/TR046i001p00261

年代:1965

数据来源: WILEY

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The Fifth Western National Meeting will be held September 1–3, 1965, on the Southern Methodist University campus in Dallas, Texas, under the sponsorship of the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest. June 5 is the deadline for all titles and abstracts.The Chairman for the Western National Meeting Committee is William W. Kellogg, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo. The Secretary for the Committee is J. C. Harrison, Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Rd., Malibu, Calif. Section Program Chairmen are as follows:Geodesy: Kenneth I. Daughtery, The Aeronautical Chart and Information, Center (ACOC), Second and Arsenal Streets, St. Louis, Missouri 6318

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/TR046i001p00290

年代:1965

数据来源: WILEY

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Nimbus I, the largest and most advanced experimental weather satellite built by the United States, was launched into orbit around the Earth by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on August 28, 1964, from the Pacific Missile Range, Point Arguello, California. This orbiting satellite weather observatory was capable of doing a vital portion of the work of thousands of ground‐based weather stations. It was the first weather satellite capable of obtaining continuous nighttime cloud‐cover data over most of the globe (for which it used highly sensitive infrared equipment, discussed below).Nimbusfollows the highly successfulTirosproject as a next step in the NASA program to develop an advanced weather‐satellite system. A secondNimbussatellite is expected to be launched in

ISSN:0002-8606    

DOI:10.1029/TR046i001p00293

年代:1965

数据来源: WILEY