Global Weather Experiment II (after), 1979

Film Specifications - 16mm film ; Description - From film reel; Global Weather Experiment. US Gov't. NOAA. Rockville. Film depicts scientists and technicians, mysteries of the solar system, most complicated experiments ever attempted. Balloon launch. Earth population problem, finite resources? Earth warms and cools over time. How to produce enough food, impact on world markets, water, other activities depend on weather. Ecuador, Arabian Sea, all locations depend on weather. India. Africa. Global weather system. Linked in space and time. 1979 Global Weather Experiment. Data Gathering from all regions of the earth. Operations center in Geneva, Switzerland. NOAA in Washington, DC. Scientists discuss strategy and logistics. Oceans and atmosphere interactions. Heat, sun, wind, oceans, moisture, waves, ice, cool and warm air, impact as one single large medium as a whole. See and measure planets and weather from space. Climate and weather. 149 member nations. Mid 1960s, World Weather Watch. Organize information into grids. Mathematicians and Scientists. Animations and simulations. Forecasts. Thousands of Weather Watch Stations. Very complicated. 300 drifting buoys over several thousand miles. Weather ballons over Pacific Ocean at 50,000 feet. Some truck launched. Gather critical data. 300 balloons. Flights every day at regular intervals over oceans, drop sondes to gather data. 40 ships, multiple countries. Also launch balloons, gather and transmit information. Extensive satellite systems. All data ends up in Toulouse, France. Some satellites controlled in Frankfurt, Germany and Spain. Univ. of Wisconsin. Jets and ships gather critical data, study interactions. El Nino. Monsoons over Bombay, India. Studied by dozens of nations. NOAA, NASA, NCAR. Understanding means survival. ; Location - Multiple locations across the Globe ; Color ; Sound ; Date - 1979 ; Reel Size - 12" ; Approx. Film Length - 1100' ; Approx. Running Time - 29 min ; Condition - Plays well, good audio. ; Opening Credits - None ; Ending Credits - Presented by The United States Department of Commerce. Produced By NOAA, Eliot Macklow, Executive Producer and Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. produced and Directed by Peter Rosen, Written by Philip Goodman, Photography by George Voellmer, Additional Photography by Burleigh Wartes, Editing by Susan Aufhauser, Music by Richard Reiter, International Sponsors, International Council of Scientific Unions, World Meteorological Organization, United States Sponsors, United States Departments of Commerce, Defense, Energy, Interior, State and Transportation, NASA, NSF, United States Scientific Advisors, National Academy of Sciences, United States Committee for the Global Atmospheric Research Program.