01001804
UNCLASSIFIED
2442049
01-01-1974
2442229
06-30-1974
WING/0001/WEATHER
HISTORY
K360.2-1 V.1
VOL I
30174
1180
16
2444730
05-05-1981
1WW WAS STATIONED AT HICKAM AFB, HAWAII WITH SUBORDINATE UNITS AT NAKHON PHANOM AIRPORT, THAILAND; FUCHU AIR STATION, JAPAN; NIMITZ HILL, GUAM; CLARK AB, PHILIPPINES, ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM; CHING CHUAN KANG AB, TAIWAN; WHEELER AFB, HAWAII; AND TAIPEI AS, TAIWAN. HEADQUARTERS 10WS WAS RELOCATED FROM UDORN RTAFB TO NAKHON PHANOM EFFECTIVE 74/02/15. DESCRIBES AWS COVERING CRACKS PROGRAM, STAFF VISITS TO SUBORDINATE UNITS, A PROPOSAL TO INACTIVATE OL-B, 1WW, AND TINIAN ISLE WEATHER SUPPORT. TROPICAL STORM WARNING SERVICE ITEMS INCLUDE MANPOWER FOR SELECTIVE RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAM SRP, JTWC DUTY OFFICERS, AND OBSERVER MANNING AT JOINT TYPHOON WARNING CENTER JTWC. TWO SPECIAL PROJECTS DISCUSSED ARE SEEK BUS AND SEEK SAIL. DISCUSSES WEATHER SATELLITE ACTIVITIES WITH DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE SYSTEM (DMSP) AND AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION (APT) SATELLITE. DMSP ACTIVITIES AT ANDERSEN AFB, GUAM; KADENA AB, OKINAWA; AND OSAN AB, KOREA ARE COVERED. TAPE ARCHIVING, 1973 DMSP CONFERENCE, DVORAK STUDY, AND AWS SATELLITE IMAGERY PLAN ARE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH APT ACTIVITIES IN JAPAN AND THAILAND. IN ADDITION, DISSEMINATION OF APT DATA AND RESEARCH IN SATELLITE PROCESSING IS INCLUDED. ACTIVITIES IN HAWAII, JAPAN, KOREA, AND PHILIPPINES DEALING WITH SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SYSTEM (SESS) ARE DISCUSSED. EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO ACTIVITIES DEALING WITH SOON TELESCOPE INSTALLATION AT PALEHUA OBSERVATORY IN HAWAII. ALSO DISCUSSED IS VERY LOW FREQUENCY (VLF) NETWORK TO MONITOR SOLAR X-RAY BURSTS. TRACERS INCLUDE PALEHUA OBSERVATORY. THIS CHAPTER DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF WORLDWIDE MILITARY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM, WWMCCS, IN PACIFIC. RAWINSONDE OPERATIONS ARE DISCUSSED IN THIS CHAPTER ALONG WITH REPRESENTATIVE OBSERVING SITE RELOCATION PROGRAM. RELOCATION OF ASIAN TACTICAL FORECAST CENTER AND CONSOLIDATION OF PACIFIC AUTOMATED DIGITAL WEATHER SWITCHES ARE DISCUSSED. IN ADDITION, THE POLLING OF THAILAND DATA, FACSIMILE BACKUP FOR AIR FORCE GLOBAL WEATHER CENTRAL AND DIEGO GARCIA ARE DISCUSSED. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDE STUDIES OF TROPICAL STORMS, CLIMATOLOGY, CANNED WINDS, AND PUBLICATIONS. A VALUE ANALYSIS OF 74 TYPHOON SEASON IS DISCUSSED AND SUPPORT TO US NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE IS COVERED.
FOUO PRIVILEGED
AIR MASS TRANSFER EXPERIMENT ** ASIAN TACTICAL FORECAST CENTER ** AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION SATELLITES ** CLIMATOLOGY ** COVERING THE CRACKS PROGRAM ** DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM ** METEOROLOGY ** PALEHUA OBSERVATORY ** RAWINSONDE OPERATIONS ** SATELLITE IMAGERY ** SEEK BUS ** SEEK SAIL ** SPACE ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS ** TYPHOONS ** WEATHER SATELLITES ** WORLDWIDE MILITARY COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM ** X-RAY MEASUREMENT