TIROS A series of Television InfraRed Observation Satellites that demonstrated the feasibility and capability of observing the cloud cover and weather patterns of earth from space.
TIROS-N/NOAA Satellites NOAA satellites that continuously orbit the Earth from North to South Pole (hence, polar orbiting) at an altitude of approximately 470 nautical miles (870.44 km or 540.86 statute miles).
Advanced TIROS-N"(Abbreviated ATN.) See TIROS.
Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer"(Abbreviated AVHRR.) A sensor carried on board NOAA satellites used in meteorology and oceanography for measurements of cloud cover and sea surface ...
The primary objective of the Advanced TIROS-N program was to improve on the capabilities and instrumentation of the TIROS-N operational satellites.
On April 1, 1960, the nation's first weather satellite, "TIROS I" was launched into orbit. Soon after, meteorologists saw the first pictures of a midlatitude cyclone over the northeastern United States. A new era had begun.
The 1960 launch of the first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1, marked the beginning of the age where weather information became available globally.
ESSA - The first series of operational meteorological satellites launched by the United States. Based on the earlier TIROS series of satellites, ...
TIROS I: First Eye in the Sky
Weather Cooperation During the Cold War
Weather Maps: Mapping The Changing Sky
Spreading The Forecast: Two Flags Flying
Snow Plowing: Moving The Snow
Name That Storm
Atlantic Hurricane Names Retired ...
Meteorological Organizations (1950), the start of continuous meteorological observations at Mawson station in Antarctica (1954), the first television weather broadcast (1956), the first automatic weather station (1962), reception of the first TIROS ...
 See also: Satellite, Temperature, Meteor, Cloud, Radiation
  
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