Television Infrared Observation Satellite Television Infrared Observation Satellite TIROS, or Television Infrared Observation Satellite, is a series of early weather satellites launched by the United States, beginning with TIROS-1 in 1960. TIROS was the first satellite that was capable of remote sensing of the Earth, enabling scientists to view the Earth from a new perspective: space. The program, promoted by Harry Wexler, proved the usefulness of satellite weather observation, at a time when military reconnaissance satellites were secretly in development or use. TIROS demonstrated at that time that "the key to genius is often simplicity." TIROS is an acronym of "Television InfraRed Observation Satellite"
Clerk of the Weather are promoted to make weather for countries that require a good article, and will take their custom elsewhere if they don't get it." U. A. Fanthorpe, in her poem "Special", refers to a class of children looking after a dog as 'Clerks of the Weather'. Clerk of the Weather The Clerk of the Weather or the Weather Clerk is "an imaginary functionary facetiously supposed to direct the weather." The Clerk of the Weather appears in children's stories by Rose Fyleman ("The Weather Clerk"), Robert Swindells ("The Weather-Clerk"), and others. He also appears in facetious turns of phrase such as "another