WMOD00308 ‎(2)‎

• Title: Operation and Evaluation Report of the Santa Barbara County Cloud Seeding Program, 1977-78 Winter Season
• Date: 8/1/1978
• State: CA
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABSTRACI' . . . .
INTRODUCTION
PROJECT DESIGN

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2.1 Aerial Seeding Plan
2.2 Ground Seeding Plan
OPERATIONS . . . . . . . .
PROGRAH EVALUATION . . .
4.1 Evaluation of Storm Precipitation
4.2 Evaluation of Streamflow. . . .
SutvMARY AND REro1I'.1ENDATIONS
REFERENCES . . . .
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
APPENDIX

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LIST OF FIGURES

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I Approximate areas of effect for the primary target
and the extended area from aerial seeding . . . 2-3
2 Approximate areas of effect for the primary
target a.nd the extended area from ground based
seeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 2-4
3 Project base map showing control and target
raingage locations ............ 4-6
4 Plot of seeded to not seeded ratios of storm
precipitation ............... 4-8
5 Plot of the average storm precipitation for
eight control stations versus eight target stations
during the historical period and the 1977-78
seeded period .... .. . . . . . . . 4-10

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