This film tells the fascinating story of one project in the long-range Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) intended to extend the time, the range and the accuracy of weather forecasting. The film centers on the activities of the sophisticated Canadian weather ship Quadra, anchored some 3000 kilometers off the west coast of Africa during Operation GATE (the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment), the largest international weather study ever undertaken. Elsewhere in the world, the film examines the activities of land, aircraft and satellite weather stations.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314319
Language
English
Subject categories
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Radar meteorology
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Weather forecasting
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Meteorology
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Radar meteorology
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)