WMOD00275

• Contract/Permit #: 85-5071
• Title: Cooperative Weather Modification Research Program - 1985 Analysis Plan
• Date: 1/1/1985
• State: UT
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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ABSTRACT
The State of Utah Division of Water Resources (UDWR), with major
funding from and in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), is conducting a weather modification field research
program in the Tushar Mtns arE~a of Utah near the town of Beaver from 15
January to 15 March 1985. Involved with UDWR are eight subcontractor
groups with appropriate instrumentation and expertise. The research
program is being conducted simultaneously with the State of Utah opera-
tional snowpack augmentation project although in a different. part of the
State. Objectives of the research are (1) to assess the transport and
delivery of seeding material from ground-based generators to clouds over
the Tushar Mtns, and (2) to dE~scribe the spatial and temporal distribution
of supercooled liquid water in the clouds, the physical processes respon-
sible for precipitation developml:mt, and the trajectories of cloud and pre-
cipitation particles. These oVEirall objectives are addressed through spe-
cific scientific experiments. The analysis and interpretation of field
data for each experiment is described in the plan. Some division of
responsibilities among the partidpating groups is made through the alloca-
tion of analysis tasks, but melchanisms are established for interaction of
the groups so that the full 1P0tential of the diverse data set can be
achieved and cooperative researc:h can be promoted.

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