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Fig. 4-—Satellite Reconnaissance of Hurricane CAMILLE Track, August 14-22, 1S69
The latter was within the established operational limits.
Satellite information was used by National Hurricane Center as an alternative means of tracking the storm. It was particularly valuable in tracking CAMILLE in its incipient stages across the tropical North Atlantic from Africa. It was a valuable tool in directing the aerial reconnaissance flights into the right areas and provided good estimates of CA-MILLE’s position at times of doubtful aerial fixes.
ATS-III pictures are acquired by NASA at Rosman, North Carolina. Pictures from this satellite were taken during the period of August 15 through 21, from approximately 4:30 am EST through 6 pm EST. Pictures were taken each day at 10-minute intervals. No communications were available to transmit these pictures to NESC or Miami for interpretation. If these data had been available, they would
have been useful in estimating the rate of growth of the storm as well as estimates of the environmental winds over the ocean and seas.
It is recommended that data from the existing Applications Technology Satellite series be made available to the hurricane warning service on a real-time basis until the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite system enters service.
E.	Aerial Reconnaissance*
In the National Hurricane Operations Plan the policy is established that “The Air Force and Navy will share the reconnaissance responsibility on an equal basis for providing fixes and investigative flights on tropical cyclones and hurricanes in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico areas in accordance with the following; . . .” The Director of the National Hurricane Center has the responsibility for
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