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Letter from the President to the Congress of the United States regarding the progress of the World Weather Program
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Digitized from Box 12 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 10, 1975
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
People everywhere recognize that weather influences
day-to-day activities. People are also mindful that
weather, sometimes violent, breeds storms that take lives
and destroy property. Coupled with these traditional
concerns, there is now a new awareness of the cumulative
effects of weather. The impact of climate and climatic
fluctuations upon global energy, food and water resources
poses a potential threat to the quality of life everywhere.
The World Weather Program helps man cope with his
atmosphere. We must continue to rely upon and to strengthen
this vital international program as these atmospheric
challenges -- both old and new -- confront us in the
future.
I am pleased to report significant progress in
furthering the goals of the World Weather Program. This
past year has recorded these accomplishments:
-- The United States began near-continuous viewing
of weather and storms over most of North and South America
and adjacent waters through the use of two geostationary
satellites.
--- The U.S.S.R., Japan, and the European Space
Research Organization have taken steps to join with the
United States in extending this weather watch to include
five geostationary satellites around the globe.
--- Computer power devoted to operational weather
services and to atmospheric research has been increased
appreciably. This leads to immediate gains in weather
prediction and to long-term gains in extending the time,
range and scope of weather predictions and in assessing
the consequences of climatic fluctuations upon man and of
man's activities upon climate.
-- During the summer of 1974, an unprecedented
event in international science occurred with the successful
conduct of an experiment in the tropical Atlantic. More
than one-third of the earth's tropical belt was placed
under intensive observation by 69 nations using a network
of hundreds of land stations, 39 research ships, 13
specially instrumented aircraft and 7 meteorological
satellites. The results of this experiment are expected
to permit a sound understanding of the role of the tropics
as the heat source for the global atmosphere and to provide
new insight into the origin of tropical storms and hurricanes.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 67 of the 90th Congress
declared the intention of the United States to participate
fully in the World Weather Program. It is in accordance
with this Resolution that I transmit this annual report
describing current and planned Federal activities that
contribute, in part, to this international program from
which all nations benefit.
GERALD R. FORD
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 10, 1975
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