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<br />Section 2 <br /> <br />ECONOMIC, ENVIRON.MENTAL AND <br />SOCIETAL ASPECTS OF PRECIPITATION <br />ENHANCEMENT BY CLOUD SEEDING <br /> <br />Roger F. Reinking 1 <br />Neil H. Berg2 <br />Barbara C. Farhar3 <br />Olin H. Foehner, )'r.4 <br /> <br />2.1 INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The development of a cloud seeding program requires consideration of <br />a number of interrelated economic, environmental, and societal factors. A <br />simple analogy will aid our understanding of the issues involved with <br />altering precipitation. The fundamental reason for constructing a house <br />is to provide shelter; that is, to create better weather inside than generally <br />occurs outside. However, the immediate environment is also changed by <br />the presence of the new house, economics plays a major role in the <br /> <br />lResearch Meteorologist and Former Director of Atmospheric Modification <br />Program, Environmental Technology Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmos- <br />pheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce, Boulder, CO <br />80303-3328. <br />2Supervisory Hydrologist, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Forest Service, <br />United States Department of Agriculture, Berkeley, CA 94701. <br />3Senior Social Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Washington, <br />DC 20024. <br />4Water Augmentation Group, Bureau of Reclamation, United States Depart- <br />ment of the Interior, Denver, CO 80225. (Olin H. Foehner, Jr. was the author of <br />the 1983 edition of this section and is deceased. See Manual Dedication.) <br /> <br />9 <br />