WMOD00293 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/Permit #: 14-06-D-6467
• Project Name: Project No. 15-1371-1113
• Title: A Case Study of the Water Budget of an Orographic Cloud
• Prepared By: L. K. Balick, J. L. Rasmussen
• Date: 5/1/1972
• State: CO
• Country: United States
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . ii
1.0 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . 1
2.0 METHOD . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3.0 FIELD EXPERIMENT . . . , . . . . . 10
3.1 Topography . . . , 10
3.2 Meteorological Conditions . . . . 10
3.3 Data . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 14
3.4 Modifications of Method Due to the
Field Data . . . . 23
4.0 RESULTS . . . . , . . . . . 27
4.1 Trajectories , . , . . . 27
4.2 The Water Budget . . , . . . . . . 30
:II 4.3 Error Analysis for the Water Budget 33
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4.4 Cloud Dimensions . . . . . . . . 34
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,.. 4.5 Cloud Efficiencies . . , . 36
. 5,0 EVALUATION AND CONCLUSIONS . 39
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6.0 REFERENCES . . . . . . , . . . . . 42

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