EAST GERMAN METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL SERVICE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R000300150005-3
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 9, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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TiiiS iS UNEVALUATED INFORMATkOf~
In the sur-raer of 7.95, no radar measuring ?quipment was x.~sed i.n radiosondes
u~; the Lindenbex;~ obserTr3.tory~ of the PTeteorolo~ic-Ilydrolo?;xc 3oa~v3.ce of the
GDR (.','IID} . At that time, the uaQ of radar wc,s still forbidden by a d:~cree
of tho control cotuzcil. A. neer r?diosondo tiaras c3.avelopod by the Firm of
"~turmenn at ~reiber.~~ Thin aondc is capable of tour neasus?ements 25X1
par ninuta, while the sonde at nro^ent in use is eapablQ of only tl7see
meas~zrements per minute. Tubes requirod for rt~diosona$s mere iii short stxgrly.
In the eumsaer of 19549 every complicated electric ra~.idsar~3a eras being
developed. '"he testing of this monde ~a~7.s~ not expecfed to be cor~xgleted far
two years.
2. A li~izt Roam pro,~eci~ox coupled with. a n?asurin~ device to determine the
altitude of the ceiling of clouds even during the deg leas been developed
mt plant in the GDP. Iaz the sun~~er oa 1!~5~, the set Mai 25X1
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>. ;7t~athor foreca,~ats ft~ one r;coY: are t;7ac3a by the i:t~in I.Teteorolo~;ical Depcrtrsent
'xeacled by Dr Bernhard (fnu} , a ?Gizeorist. S7ael:ly rrefatlzer nredzeti orz,s ~.r~ made
by Dr Teach (fnu}, a synoptic meteorolo~iat, on the basis of aerolo,~xeal
~t~~gs sYzorrirt.~ 5UD ~~~113.ba.:~ ~ressur~e areas
Tk=BSa weather conditions aro trant~rsitted by teleprinter or courier to the
folloc~ix~ agencies:
I;;inistry of di~;riculture and Forestry;
Foundry at Str~linatt~dt;
1.1ain Administration for the Powor Ind~zstry;
:'state Secretariat for-Gatharin~ end Procurement;
~Yss agricultural departments of SLD Y.reis Ilsadquarters.
I'~et3.taaer t`:,:: ?:?,asts ra~de since late 7.953 prayed bD to 85 percent correct.
,~ I~Teteoru' n,~icai research wort: in the high layers of the
atmosphere suffered froL~ a sip:~rtago of r~u.ioeonde stations in the GDi~. Suc~`~
utaGi.on.s erero avaf.labl9 in Grsiiew~~2d, c{Qrni~*erod?, i,indenbar~; aaxd Dresden:
E~esearch ~ror~ wes done in the field ox" the propagation of sour.'? way?s in
layers.cloos to the surface of the earth.
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~efi;rre~sn 4 .d 1~. C~c~:aber li'~4, s eak~fercr~cc ox~ thc~ z~atta.r~~ cif ".c~nE.~~-r~x{;e
~rea.thc~r fior?rca,s',;a rr~ ;za~.d ~.n Budapest. Ce~?~n ccientis,s atcendix~ thiv~
c:c~r~farence included ~?rai?es:~c~r Dr Horst Phlips? Dr ~3Lrnh~src~., ~:~- fin3.c:~.
;~.c~. ~r 1:T~c~?~ (fln~.}, The US~1R ~~u: re?a~esaxrt;ed by Profeoscr ~~ >> .,4risto~v
anc~ Pr?feasor abu~;nv Four O~~ineso ~atearalo~3.s uU Prr~fosur?r
~rua~tano~ ~* i`ror~ 13u~.~a.rir, alsa cue to F~tadapest. !-!12e cL~iaF paper
uric read.. b~ :t~ro~ ~'h:il~.ps an "general. T'rixicaaal.s of L,ora~;~-F~;e ?ese,thFr
x'~?ed:a.ationsSt. ThQ canfc~rance shc-~ad that ~ae~eoralopr in ~ov-L- r:f taie
~e,tel,lite St~z'L?ec eras c~a.ll fer behind. P~Yactern alactranic meteorals~C:ica1
e~za~.pment eras us~tnartn in Hun~a~y, On the average, e. k~~~an.~ari~,n raete4rc~Ifl;?ict
rcee~.ved alacrut tc~o thirds csf the salar^~y- of s~1 ~;a~t Ge~can r~etearaw~~ f~~t~
Can On. 22 Octat~er 1~~~., a corifexflnce of rseteorolo~a.s~:s rrc,; Ilelct in laEi'~.i{~~
'~~ ~e~.:c:es~n 24 October and ~. Na?+rer~bar 1.54, ~r SchnQllex (?n~z) of the Aetraphysi.cr~.l.
l~stxtut? in Patz~dtan ea~d ane S~.nC;er (friu), a fax~er tQachar and ~- Sr;]}
~e~ber. , attQnclec3 a cciexitii`~.c conference in Pi~.oace~a Dr Schneller rr~
dee;~l.;,.y impxeUsod by t?keriuOe university t:tzi3din~ end, student hoat~la~
Tt~.c tiro G~crnnns ~rcre received ruowt cordially and ~rcre re}s3e,tedly iaviLea
into 8avict haanes .
~.> 1~ apec;ial. ~opar~ent ".1~.?be:.t and nert~flau,shi~.dunt;" (Z~abmr onci firaanir ~}
~.,ao established Frith thc~ 7TetearalokMic-I',;=drola~ic ~ez~*3ar~ in. Y1o?venbcir~ Z~3~~.e
~7TaE ~~ol:, (fA1z} , era SI'~D merabc;r, cr?as mstde c'ilef ~i thia dapaent>
:~.C?., ~~"n late ~ecez~ber 154, ~ca3''(frxu}, ch~.ef of the ~tunr~mxir~ ''i~3';e~,ral.u~,'7.c
~el.ce. carac~ to fo#.sdarr far pxol.irrinartr r~.isctaasicz~s cc nc?xin~^; t~Q
t~r.~,~~ti.c~.patie-n of I~tzr~~;Eary in the ~t ~urc~peen rraathes repartin~, netcrar~.a
d.ira~ct Cor~unication lixza fQr ~ree.ther re~~c~rtin~; pu~oae~ ties -~c? b?
?~?~ablitakzt~d fraaa .~~atsd~ tc I3ud.apest via P:r.?ta,~ae.
Co~a~nts The li~?ht *n projector far deter!nix,in~ the altitude of ?-.hc~
ceiling of Claude has been developed at the ti~iasensehaftlich Technl.schras~
Hgsex~e~ fuer Geraetebsu. ~`~cientifio-~Techr~ioa~. H~tarea..u fay apparatus Constx~~:~~~%ion}
LCogr~mt~xa~~: Probably should reed Dl
~eophyeiciet who bee written o'n .~eteorol~g?
C~~t: Poseiblg L,yr~bomir Krust
ova A,M, ObuYthav ie a. prac~inent
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