WMOD00294 ‎(2)‎

• Title: Thailand Applied Atmospheric Research Program - Final Report - Volume I
• Prepared For: US Agency for International Development
• Date: 3/1/1994
• Country: Thailand
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

CONTENTS

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Glossary and acronyms ...................................."................... v

1. Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Applied Atmospheric Resources Research Program structure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.1 Project management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

2.2 Project personnel ..................................................... 5

2.3 Technical studies ..................................................... 5

3. Contributions by the Royal Thai Government ............................. . . . . . . 9
3.1 Financial contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3.2 Project personnel ..................................................... 9

3.3 Facilities and equipment ............................................... 9
4. Contributions by the United States Government ............................... 20

5. Technology transfer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 23

5.1 Technical assistance by Reclamation personnel ........................,.... 23
5.2 Technical assistance by Reclamation subcontractor personnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.3 Technical assistance by NASA contractor personnel ......................... 25
6. Institutional development ................................................ 30
6.1 Equipment provided by the U.S. Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., . . . . 30
6.1.1 Doppler weather surveillance radar system ........................... 34
6.1.2 Aircraft cloud physics data acquisition system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
6.1.3 MicroVax minicomputer system .................................... 35
6.1.4 GMS ingest and display system .................................... 35
6.2 Training provided by the U.S. Government ................................ 36
6.2.l Core training symposium ......................................... 36
6.2.2 Long-term training at universities in the U.S. ......................... 37
6.2.3 Short-term technical training in the U.S. ............................. 38
6.2.4 Short-term training courses given in Thailand ......................... 40
7. Scientific accompl~shments ................................................ 43
7.1 General accomplishments ............................................. 43
7.2 Cold cloud accomplishments ............................................ 44
7.2.1 Results of field studies ............................................ 44
7.2.2 Results of experimental seeding .................................... 44
7.3 Warm cloud accomplishments ........................................... 45
7.3.1 Results,of numerical model seeding experiments ....................... 45
7.3.2 Results of field activities .......................................... 47
8. Problems and lessons learned .............................................. 49
8.1 Implementation problems ............................................. 49
8.1.l Organizational culture ........................................... 49

8.1.2 Personnel ................................................".... 49

8.1.3 Communications ............................................... 50

8.1.4 Teamwork .................................................... 50
8.2 Technology transfer problem ......................................".... 50
8.3 Technical problem ................................................... 50
9. Summary and recommendations ............................................ 51
9.1 Programmatic recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
9.2 Technical recommendations ............................................ 53
9.3 Scientific recommendations ............................................ 54
9.4 Institutional recommendations ......................................... 55

10. Bibliography ...;....................................................... 57

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