WMOD00286 ‎(3)‎

• Project Name: Colorado River Basin Pilot Project
• Title: Comprehensive Atmospheric Data Report 1974-75 Season - Volume I
• Date: 8/31/1975
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2

INTRODUCTION . . . .

PROJECT DESCRIPTION. .
2. 1 Project Area . . . .
2.2 Project Instrumentation . .

CHAPTER 3

OPERATIONAL PLAN. . . . .
3. 1 Seeding Randomization Scheme . . .
3.2 Experimental Day Criteria . . . . .
3. 3 Seeding Operations . . . . . .
3. 4 Recognition and Forecasting . . . .
3,4.1 Forecast Procedure for
Experimental Day Recognition .
3.4.2 Objective Prediction Technique
3.4'.3 Project Rawinsonde Data.
3. 5 Forecast Verification
3.6 Suspension Appraisal .

CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5

COMMENT S. . . . . . .

EXPERIMENT AL DAY SUMMARIES. . . .
5. 1 Introducation to the Experimental
. Day Format. . . . . . . . . . .
5. 1. 1 MET Summaries of each
Experimental Day . . . . . . . .
5. 1. 2 Surface and Upper Air Maps. .
5. 1. 3 Local Rawinsonde Soundings
5. 1. 4 CRBPP MET Charts . . . .
5. 1. 5 Composite Time Sections. . .
5. 1. 6 Time Sections ... . . . . .
5.1.7 Durango Weather Observations
5.1.8 pagosa Springs & Wolf Creek
Pass Weather Observations. .
5.2 Experimental Day Storm Type Summary
5.3 Speciall Rawinsonde Observations. . .
5.4 Monthly Composite Time Sections for
the 1974-75 Season . . . . . . . .

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