WMOD00303 ‎(2)‎

• Title: CRADP Operations Plan - 1985-86 Winter
• Date: 11/1/1985
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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the 1985-86 winter season is based on the findings of
the earlier studies. Seeding of clouds by GRADP will
take place for the first time during the 1985-86 winter
field program.

B. Experimental Area
The general Grand Mesa experimental area is shown along
with the Uncompahgre Plateau in Figure 1. Greater

detai 1 of the ope [r'at i ona 1 area on the western half of
Grand Mesa is s h mm in Figure 2. These figures show the
geographic terrain, ai rports, important roads, and
actual or potent i ii 1 sites for scientific equipment.
Equipment at thesE~ sites wi 11 include the microwave

radiometer, ground 2D-G imaging probe, precipitation
gauges, weather stations, seeding generators, cameras,
radios, and upper winds measuring systems, as described
in a later section.

c. Objectives and Approaches for the 1985-86 Winter Season
In order to improve understanding of natural cloud pro-
cesses, how they can be modified by the introduction of
seeding agents, and the transport and disperison of
seeding agents near mountainous terrain, several speci-
fic objectives have been established for the 1985-86
winter field season. These objectives, along with some
definitive approaches to meeting them, are listed below:

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