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Below are checklists of atmospheric research programs/experiments on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
| Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) (1960s →) | Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) (1960s →) |
| GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) (1974) | GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) (1974) |
| Global Weather Experiment (GWE): First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE)1 (1978 — 1979) | Global Weather Experiment (GWE): First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE)1 (1978 — 1979) |
| World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)2 (1990 — 1998) |
Below is a list of GARP, GATE, GWE, and WOCE on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) (1960s →) | ||||
| France | C51 sc (Mi2157 sc) | Souvenir card | 1981 | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| Infi | None | (Blue rubber-stamp) cachet on cover, also detail | 1969 | "APEX4 - ATEX4 Atlantische Expedition 1969 (GARP)" |
| Senegal | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1974 | "Campagne GARP, Opération GATE, Côte Afrique occidentale, août 1974" |
| GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) (1974) | ||||
| Senegal | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1974 | "Campagne GARP, Opération GATE, Côte Afrique occidentale, août 1974" |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1974 | GARP/GATE logo with text "GARP - Global Atmospheric Research Program - Atlantic Tropical Experiment" |
| United States | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1975 | GARP/GATE logo with text "GARP - Global Atmospheric Research Program - Atlantic Tropical Experiment" |
| Global Weather Experiment (GWE): First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE)1 (1978 — 1979) | ||||
| France | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1979 | GWE logo with text "1ière Expérience météorologique mondiale" (1st GWE) and "PEMG3" (FGGE) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1979 | GWE logo with text "1ière Expérience météorologique mondiale" (1st GWE) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1979 | "PEMG3 1979 GARP" ("PEMG3" is the French acronym for FGGE) |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover (different), also detail | 1979 | "GARP - PEMG3" ("PEMG3" is the French acronym for FGGE) Buoys Program, March 1979 |
| New Caledonia | C150 (Mi624) iC150 | Imperforate | 1979 | "Première Expérience mondiale de l'Atmosphère globale" (equivalent to "PEMG3", the French acronym for FGGE) |
| New Caledonia | C150 fdc | Stamp and (text) cancel and (?) cachet on FDC | ||
| United States | None | (Hand-written and black rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1979 | "FGGE TWOS Program - Tropical Wind Observing Ship" |
| World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)2 (1990 — 1998) | ||||
| Germany | None | (Purple rubber-stamp) cachet on cover | 1994 | "MEridionale TRAnsporte im NordAtlantik - METRANA" (North Atlantic Meridional Transport (of heat), part of the "WOCE") |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 172 (Mi293) | 1992 | "Programme WOCE" | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 172 fdc | Stamp and (Éditions J.F.) cachet on FDC | ||
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | 172 maxi | Maxicard | ||
1The Global Weather Experiment (GWE) was originally known as the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE).
2The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) is not part of GARP. Rather, it is part of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP).
3PEMG: Première Expérience mondiale du GARP (First GARP Global Experiment, i.e. FGGE)
4ATEX is the Atlantic Trade Wind Experiment; APEX is the same thing, but from the German equivalent: Der Atlantische Passat Experiment.
Below is a list of GARP, GATE, and GWE on satellite and rocket launch covers.
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP) (1960s →) | ||||
| United States | 1971-08-16 | Wallops Island VA | (Solar Covers no.27) insert from Éole launch cover, also front | The "World Weather Program" (WWP) includes the GARP |
| United States | 1974-05-17 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on SMS-1 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1974-05-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on SMS-1 launch cover | |
| United States | 1974-05-17 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on SMS-1 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1975-02-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on SMS-2 launch cover | "will participate in GARP World Weather Program" |
| United States | 1975-02-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (InterSpace Cover) cachet on SMS-2 launch cover | |
| United States | 1975-02-06 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on SMS-2 launch cover | |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on Nimbus-6 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1975-06-12 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Orbit Covers) cachet on Nimbus-6 launch cover | "Twice a day experimental measurements made over every point on Earth for GARP's worldwide measurements" |
| United States | 1978-06-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-3 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1978-06-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-3 launch cover | |
| United States | 1978-10-13 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on TIROS-N launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1978-10-13 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet (and signature) on TIROS-N launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1978-10-13 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on TIROS-N launch cover | "GARP" |
| United States | 1979-06-27 | GSFC, MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on NOAA-6 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1980-05-29 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on NOAA-B launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1981-08-10 | Greenbelt MD | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1981-06-23 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet on NOAA-7 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| United States | 1981-06-23 | Greenbelt MD | (GSFC Stamp Club) cachet (and signature) on NOAA-7 launch cover | |
| Japan | 1981-08-11 1981-08-11 | Minamitane (text cancel) Tanegashima (scenic cancel) | (Space Voyage purple and orange) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | "Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP)" |
| Japan | 1981-08-11 | Tsukubagakuen | (Space Voyage purple and blue) cachet on GMS-2 launch cover | |
| GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) (1974) | ||||
| United States | 1974-05-17 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on SMS-1 launch cover | "participation in GATE project" |
| French Guiana | 1974-12-18 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover, also detail | GARP/GATE logo |
| French Guiana | 1975-01-30 | Kourou | (Lollini) cachet on (sub-orbital) rocket launch cover, also detail | GARP/GATE logo |
| United States | 1975-02-06 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Orbit Covers) cachet on SMS-2 launch cover | "participation in GATE project" |
| United States | 1977-06-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-2 launch cover | GARP/GATE logo |
| United States | 1977-06-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-2 launch cover | |
| United States | 1977-11-22 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on Meteosat-1 launch cover | GARP/GATE logo |
| United States | 1977-10-23 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on Meteosat-1 launch cover | |
| United States | 1977-07-14 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-1 launch cover | GARP/GATE logo |
| United States | 1977-07-14 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GMS-1 launch cover | |
| Global Weather Experiment (GWE): First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE)1 (1978 — 1979) | ||||
| United States | 1978-06-16 | Cape Canaveral FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-3 launch cover | "Global Weather Experiment" (GWE) |
| United States | 1978-06-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (Space Voyage) cachet on GOES-3 launch cover | |
| United States | 1978-06-16 | Kennedy Space Center FL | (SCPS) cachet on GOES-3 launch cover | GWE (implied from "Global Weather Study") |
| United States | 1979-06-27 | Vandenberg AFB, CA | (Space Voyage) cachet on NOAA-6 launch cover | "GWE" |
1The Global Weather Experiment (GWE) was originally known as the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE).
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