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<br />'t, <br /> <br />6. PROGRAM ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />Reclamation should select a principal investigator (PI) and an assistant upon determining to proceed with <br />the cloud seeding program and obtaining enabling funding. The PI will be the overall director for the <br />program and will deal with funding issues, reporting to Reclamation management, and provision of <br />leadership and overall direction to the program. <br /> <br />Three groups should be assembled as follows to assist with program component direction, management, <br />monitoring and oversight. Initially, the groups will deal substantially with design study items. They will <br />have a substantially diminished role in the operational phase. <br /> <br />. A program planning and monitoring group (planning) must be assembled to provide primary overall <br />guidance on project activities. This group should be selected by Reclamation and should consist of <br />three to six members with at least three: participants from ReClamation, and the remaining <br />contributors invited from time-to-time from outside sources (possible sources, NCAR, NOAA, <br />academics). The planning group should work with all other groups. <br /> <br />. An analysis group (analysis) must be assembled to contribute to scientific study design, and data <br />collection and evaluation. This group will consist of five to 10 individuals that participate as their <br />scientific specialty is needed. The analysis group will consist of three subgoups. One subgroup will <br />deal with cloud physics and seeding related studies, a second subgroup will deal with cloud modeling <br />and weather forecasting, and the third subgroup will deal with statistical evaluation of cloud seeding <br />effects on precipitation. Reclamation and outside scientists will serve on subgroups. <br /> <br />. A liaison group (liaison) to the public should be assembled to provide oversight on matters of <br />particular interest to the public such as those of environmental nature and excessive precipitation. <br />The liaison group should consist of three to six individuals with diverse educational backgrounds <br />including weather modification, environmental policy, public relations, and economics. <br /> <br />The analysis group will analyze cloud seeding design study data and lesser amounts of data collected as <br />part of the operational phase of the progranl. Results from this group will provide the basics for the <br />design to be used in the operational phase. The analysis group should operate largely unhindered by the <br />demands of the day-to-day field operations. The group will be responsible for developing usable data <br />sets and conducting analysis on a case study and aggregate basis. Some members of the analysis group <br />will specialize in the use of sophisticated numerical modeling approaches to increase understanding of <br />Headwaters Region storms. <br /> <br />The analysis group must have some internal interaction with field operations personnel to help maintain <br />data quantity and quality. Analysis results will aid and improve the cloud seeding design and conduct of <br />data collection during the operational phase. Field operations personnel will contribute invaluable <br />information on the logistics of conducting a proposed cloud seeding plan and related field data collection. <br />The modeling group will conduct model simulations using historical and real time data to test the model's <br />ability to forecast Headwaters Region winter weather and clouds at high resolution. They must deal with <br />adding/improving a seeding module to a model. Modelers must assess the model's usefulness to assist in <br />seeding design studies and location of seeding equipment. They must compare model estimated <br />precipitation with field measurements. <br /> <br />Interaction between the analysis group and field personnel should be encouraged. Otherwise, <br />communications often become a costly problem. The PI should have easy access to the field and where <br /> <br />32 <br />