Show I Understanding n ers tan iii I The Weather I r f In Switzerland earlier thi this month a plan was unveiled which whit constitutes the most elaborate e scientific efforts yet proposed propose d to learn the secrets of natures nature's s I weather The proposal was presente presented presented pre pre- to the general asse assembly of the International Union o of f Geodesy and Geophysics by br a af committee acting in response to f resolutions by the United Nations Nations Na Na- Nai i I lions General Assembly f O ONE E OF THE hopes of the au authors au- au thors thorn of 01 the proposed massive ve veI J I study Is that the gathering of r scientific Information on the weather and the nature and cause of the origin of tropical storms will wUl enable scientists to control natures nature's weather ton to a ak k degree to abort hurricanes and andI tropical disturbances in their I Initial or Incubation period A primary feature of the plan is that an area 2000 miles wide and 1000 miles south north-south I would would be placed under special close observation through the j measuring use of every weather measuring measuring ing device known Computers which could act on these vast vastI measurements computers not I yet jet et even developed would be utilized to obtain a quick picture picture picture pic pic- ture of the developing pattern in the area i THE TONE of the report i makes it clear how little scientists scion scion- is lists know about the weather In effect the report concludes that r predicting tomorrows tomorrow's weather I is difficult because so little is known knO about I In other words atmospheric changes are taking place faster than scientists can measure an and record these changes and faster than today's best computers ers can analyze the developing picture Nature it seems is still ahead of science and the power and mystery of weather is still the number one on-e wonder of the world |