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<br />e <br /> <br />III. OBJECTIVES OF SCPP-l <br /> <br />The specific objectives of SCPP-l are: <br /> <br />1. To increase the scientific understanding of natural cloud processes in <br />orographically modified, wintertime initially nonprecipitation cellular <br />convection and the alterations in cloud structure and methods of precipi- <br />tation initiation that occur when such clouds are treated in a prescribed <br />manner. <br /> <br />2. To estimate, with an acceptable level of confidence, through case <br />study and statistical evaluation, the treatment effects in the precipita- <br />tion chain [i .e., from increase in ICC (ice crystal concentration) to <br />increases in precipitation on the ground] for these convective cloud <br />types. <br /> <br />3. To estimate the value and impacts of additional precipitation on the <br />American River Basin. <br /> <br />4. To assess the total area of effect of the precipitation augmentation <br />activities. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />5. To develop the baseline information required to design experiments on <br />other cloud types. Examples of such information are necessary concentra- <br />tions of artifically induced ice crystals, growth and fallout velocities <br />of artifically induced precipitation, dispersion rates of seeding agents, <br />and objective methods of tracking and measuring these parameters within <br />current observational capabilities. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />9 <br />