. Bell telephone magazine . nown as the WBAN AnalysisCenter. To it all available weatherinformation is brought by teletype. Information compiled at WeatherBureau stations, Civil AeronauticsAdministration observation points,and Naval Aerological and AirWeather stations, as well as weatherinformation obtained through inter-national exchange agreements withforeign governments, is all concen- and Air Communications Service (theoperating communications agency forthe Air Force), the Civil AeronauticsAdministration, the Weather Bureau,and other communication channels,are used at WBAN to receive read-
. Bell telephone magazine . nown as the WBAN AnalysisCenter. To it all available weatherinformation is brought by teletype. Information compiled at WeatherBureau stations, Civil AeronauticsAdministration observation points,and Naval Aerological and AirWeather stations, as well as weatherinformation obtained through inter-national exchange agreements withforeign governments, is all concen- and Air Communications Service (theoperating communications agency forthe Air Force), the Civil AeronauticsAdministration, the Weather Bureau,and other communication channels,are used at WBAN to receive read-ings of their multitude of instrumentsfrom weather observers in all partsof the country. These data are trans-mitted to Washington in long tele-typewriter messages full of numbersand strange symbols which are mean-ingless to anyone but trained person-nel. While the data come in as a con-tinuous stream, they actually repre-sent a series of weather observationsmade at specific and precise timesthroughout the day. Each weather. Reports frotn observers all over the country flow into the Weather Analysis Center overprivate-line teletypewriter circuits which teryninate in this room. Air Force^ Naval, andcivilian personnel typify the joint interest of the Military Forces and the Weather Bweau in the undertaking 1947-48 Weather Charts by Wire for the Air Force ^35
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