WMOD00294

• Project Name: Project Skywater - Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project
• Title: The Design of SCPP-1 - A Randomized Precipitation Augmentation Experiment on Winter Cellular Convection in the Central Sierra Nevada
• Date: 11/1/1983
• State: NV
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

Seeding coordinator

the scientist located at the SKYWATER radar
where the most detailed radar information
for seedi ng coordi nat i on wi th the ai rcraft
and severe weather can be obtained. He is
pri mari 1 y respons i b 1 e for early warni ng of
the development of experiment conditions on
radar, initial selection of seeding lines,
coord in at i on of actu a 1 mi nute-by-mi nute
. seeding decisions, and severe weather
warnings.

that condition within a cloud whereby the
rate at which condensate is supplied exceeds
the rate at which natural ice can remove it,
thereby describing an inefficient precipita-
tion process.

Seedabil ity

Site Director

the senior Bureau Manager present at the
SCpp field site in Auburn. He is normally
not intimately involved in the day-to-day
operat ions, but rather wi th the overall
management of the project and the analysis
and design concerns.

meteorological and hydrological limits
beyond which seeding will not be conducted.
Such limits are below levels at which damage
to people or property is likely to result.

Suspension criteria

Target area

the main intended portion of the Sierra
Nevada where seedi ng effects are expected.
Evaluation of seeding effects will be made
mostly within this area. The entire experi-
mental area may not be affected duri ng any
given experimental unit.

the ensemble of clouds within the target
area which are available for treatment
during the first 3 hours of an experimental
unit.

Treatment unit

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