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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />Section <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Executive summary <br />Purpose <br />Drought in Colorado <br />Research approach: Data availability and limitations <br />Results <br />Conclusion <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />3 <br /> <br />purpose <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Weather modification and drought relief <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Drought in Colorado <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />Research approach and results <br />Data availability and limitations <br />Selection and grouping of ~~sins by sub-regions <br />Selection of snowcourses <br />Identifying dry, normal and wet winters <br />Identifying storms <br />Validating assumptions <br />Identifying seedable events <br />Seeding potential for individual basins <br />Potential amounts of augmented water <br /> <br />7 <br />7 <br />9 <br />13 <br />14 <br />17 <br />23 <br />26 <br />28 <br />34 <br /> <br />Summary and conclusions <br /> <br />35 <br /> <br />References <br /> <br />38 <br /> <br />Appendix A: Winter cloud seeding in Colorado <br />Theory <br />Previous field experiments <br /> <br />40 <br />40 <br />42 <br /> <br />Appendix B: Potential benefits and disadvantages of seeding <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />Appendix C: Variability in Colorado's snowpack <br /> <br />49 ' <br /> <br />i <br />