WMOD00372

• Project Name: High Plains Cooperative Program
• Title: The Design of HIPLEX-1
• Date: 4/1/1979
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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CONTENTS

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Preamble: To the Man in the Arena . . .
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Introduction . . . . . .
Background . . . . . .
Object ives of HIPLEX-l . . . . .
The Experimental Unit .....
Conceptual Models .... ....
Statistical Hypotheses. . . . . . . . . . . .
Experimental Unit Declaration Criteria.
Experimental Procedure .
The Seeding Agent .......
Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . .
Suspension Crite!l~;a .. . . .
Instrumentat ion and Equipment
Area of Effect . . . . . . .
Data Management ...... ....
Nonmeteorological Aspects
References . . " . .

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APPENDIXES

A. Characteristics of Convective Clouds in the
Miles City, Montana Area. . . . . . . . . . A-I
B. Conceptual Models and Physical Hypothesis B-1
C. 1979 Miles City Operations Plan . . . . C-l
D. Treatment System . . . . . . . . . . . D-l
E. Statistical Design and Evaluation E-l
F. Physical Evaluation .......... F-l
G. HIPLEX-l Equipment and Instrumentation . . . . . G-l
H. Total Area of Effect . . . . . . . . . . H-l
I. Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
J. The Environmentcll, Economic, and Social Impacts of
HIPLEX-l on the Study Area of Eastern Montana J-l
K. Simulation of Sorghum Growth as Affected by
Cloud Seeding . . . . .. . . . . K-l
L. Key Papers and Reports Relevant to the Design
of HIPLEX-l . . . . . . . . .. .... L-l

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