ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO HIGH RESOLUTION OF PHOTOGRAPHY OBTAINED ON MISSION 8005

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 17, 2003
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• Publication Date: January 14, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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FOR ch4ei, Operations Branch, DPD.DDiP
Weather Officer
: Atmospheric Conditione Contributing to High
Resolution of Photography Obtained o
Miesion 8005
1. The meteorological conditions which existed over the target
areas during this mission are well delineated by both the mission "take"
and routine weather reportsfrom the USSR. These latter include
hlgh..level atmospheric soundings (rawinsonde.) as well a. numerous
surface weather observations. Analysis of the data reveals that the
followingi.features of the wind flow patterns wad air male thermodynamic
properties combined to produce exceptionally good photographic conditt One:
a. A Continental Polar air mass free of the salt haze
characteristic of maritime air and too dry to produce low level
cloud* had very recently moved into the area.
b, The flow pattern in the low levels was *tut
Ving in the t
north.
unstable 0*
area had a trajec
ant that the air was
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deep layer a the atm
ere no large tndustr%.al smoke source*
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fly
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