WMOD00285 ‎(2)‎

• Title: Feasibility Study of Wintertime Cloud Seeding to Augment Arizona Water Supplies
• Date: 1/1/1987
• State: AZ
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level as wave type A-I develops ............. 19
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figur'e 3 . . . . . . . . .. 19
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figur'e 4 . . . . . . . . . . 20
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figure 5 . . . . . .
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figure 6 . . . . . . .
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level for wave type A-2 ................. 22
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figure 8 . . . . . . . . . . 22
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level for wave type 8-1 . . . . . . . . . · · · ·
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figure 10 ......... 24
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level for wave type B-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Height contour pattern at the 500 millibar pressure
level 24 hours after that in figure 12 ......... 25
Map of Arizona indicating the location of stations with
precipitation selected for study ........ . ·
Typical ground-based generator . . . . . . . . . . . .
Precipitation gauge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Remote weather station ..................
Central Arizona Project turnouts, user locations, and
CAPSIM control points . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · .
Yield versus demand for enhancement Scenario 1 ....
Yield versus demand for enhancement Scenario 2 ....
Yield versus demand for enhancement Scenario 3 ....
Yield versus demand for enhancement Scenarios 1, 2 and 3
Annual space available in the CAP canal . . . . . . . . .
Monthly space avail abl e at the Snyder Hill Pumpi ng Pl ant
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Appendix I
Section I.A Cloud seeding feasibility
Section I.B Cloud seeding experiments
Section I.C Cloud seeding projects
Section 1.0 Cloud seeding evaluation
Section I.E Cloud seeding results

Appendix II
Water Law and Operation of Reservoirs by CAPSIM

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