EXPERIMENT OF AUTOMATIC COMPILATION OF CLOUDINESS CHARTS ELECTRON COMPUTER 'SETUN' BY DATA OF METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES,

Abstract

Problems involving the machine compilation of cloud-cover maps using a Setun' computer and weather satellite data are examined. The Setun' computer uses a ternary system of numbers and commands with input on ordinary punched telegraph tape. For compiling weather maps the Setun' is mated to an EUM-46 output printer with a 45 cm-wide paper carriage and alphanumeric text. Using manual decoding and transcribing of satellite data and an elementary program, a method was developed whereby cloud-cover information was printed out in the form of letters indicating the type of clouds. Besides the map itself, a legend (octant, latitude, and longitude) is printed every 10 lines. Processing and printing take 15 minutes for a 60-line map with legend. One of the principal problems discussed in the article is automatic conversion of punched-tape satellite data into the computer's ternary code.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 1968
Accession Number
AD0681591

Entities

People

  • N. I. Rumyantsev
  • N. M. Potievskii

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Automatic
  • Cloud Cover
  • Clouds
  • Computers
  • Decoding
  • Grids
  • Latitude
  • Longitude
  • Maps
  • Message Processing
  • Meteorological Charts
  • Meteorological Satellites
  • Punched Tape

Readers

  • Computer Programming and Software Development.
  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Geodesy

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space