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Weather Modification
Title
The Southern Plains Experiment in Cloud Seeding of Thunderstorms for Rainfall Augmentation Phase I (SPECTRA 1)
Prepared For
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
Prepared By
Duncan Axisa, Seeding Operations and Atmospheric Research
Date
3/1/2006
State
TX
Weather Modification - Doc Type
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creating ASCII file. <br />Ignore CCN. Data system switched <br />081404 2211 – 0020 Tolk plume flight. No DSD. off between 230931 – 231256 to run <br />PCASP on PACS. <br />DSD to 17300 ft in SOAR project area (Roosevelt County * Error in AIMMS 210502 – 214110. <br />081604 2105 - 2200 <br />NM).Ignore CCN. <br />DSD to 18100 ft in SOAR project area (Northern Lea <br />081604 2238 – 0015 * Ignore CCN. <br />County NM). <br />DSD to 20000 ft in WTWMA project area (San Angelo <br />081904 1920 – 2202 <br />area). <br />CCN data appear to be too high. <br />DSD to 19000 ft in WTWMA project area (San Angelo <br />082004 2054 – 2304 May have flown through smoke <br />area). <br />plume at cloud base. <br />CCN/TDMA flight in the Dallas area. Low-level flight below <br />082104 2058 – 2204 CCN data missing after 21:16. <br />cloud base. No DSD. <br />082204 1826 – 1909 DSD to 8000 ft between Dallas & Tyler (Karnes county). <br />082204 1959 – 2151 DSD to 12000 ft over Lufkin area (Angelina county). <br />082304 1638 – 1938 Houston plume flight. One penetration upwind of Houston. <br />082304 2122 – 2232 DSD to 11000 ft in STWMA project area (Karnes county). <br />Vertical spiral over Del Rio in tandem with sounding <br />082404 2311 – 0003 <br />release. No DSD. <br />DSD of Sc layer between Del Rio and Midland. Pollution <br />082504 1522 – 1725 <br />plume exploration downwind of Midland. <br />082604 2055 – 2320 DSD to 14300 ft in the Pecos project area. <br />DSD to 15000 ft in the Clinton OK area (Kiowa, Jackson <br />082704 2100 – 2320 Problem with creating ASCII file. <br />county) <br />082804 2040 – 2232 DSD to 12100 ft in the Midland area <br />082904 2028 - 2211 DSD response of pollution from Tolk in shallow Cu Sc. Latitude error <br />090204 2037 – 2304 DSD to 15850 ft in the Pecos project area. Latitude error <br />090404 2304 – 0123 Salt powder seeding flight in Roosevelt county NM. Lat/lon error. <br />Lat/lon error. Telemetry data stops <br />090504 2224 – 0109 DSD to 16500 ft in the Abilene area. <br />at 0000. <br />DSD to 21450 ft over the orographically induced Lat/lon error. CDP firmware <br />091604 2008 – 2217 <br />convection along the Guadalupe Mountains. changed. CDP undercounts. <br />091604 2258 – 0030 DSD to 21200 ft south of Amarillo. Lat/lon error. CDP undercounts. <br />092004 1853 – 2037 DSD from 10000 to 12000 ft south of Amarillo. Lat/lon error. CDP undercounts. <br />092004 2203 – 2330 DSD to 17150 ft north of Dumas (North Plains WMP). Lat/lon error. CDP undercounts. <br />DSD to 25000 ft in OK panhandle area (North Plains <br />092104 1918 – 2212 CDP undercounts. <br />WMP). <br />092304 1911 – 2155 DSD to 15000 ft in Uvalde area (Southwest TX REA). CDP undercounts. <br />092304 2259 – 0035 DSD to 22000 ft in Uvalde area (Southwest TX REA). CDP undercounts. <br />092404 1918 – 2134 DSD to 20000 ft in the Del Rio area. CDP undercounts. <br />DSD up to 15200 ft in convective tower associated with CCN counter flow problem at 23:50. <br />092404 2228 – 0138 <br />former tropical depression Ivan. CDP undercounts. <br />Ferry flight from Austin to Plains. Data system was on <br />092504 1853 - 2048 CDP undercounts. <br />most of the flight for troubleshooting. <br />093004 2205 – 2318 DSD to 17000 ft northeast of Amarillo. CDP undercounts. <br />100104 1547 – 1838 2 Houston plume flight with DSD in shallow Cu Sc. CDP undercounts. <br />nd <br />Table 4: Summary of the data quality during the SPECTRA 1 <br />Figure 5 below shows a composite of the flight tracks for the duration of the SPECTRA 1 campaign. The <br />SOAR research aircraft was mostly deployed in targets of existing weather modification programs in <br />Texas. Other flights were conducted in east Texas and the Houston area. Figure 6 shows the flight tracks <br />25 <br />
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