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<br />. <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />As part of its obligation under a series of cooperative agreements <br /> <br />with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration the Division of <br /> <br />Water Resources of the State of Utah Department of Natural Resources has <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />undertaken an evaluation of the Utah operational weather modification <br /> <br />program. The evaluation has involved field investigations and analysis. <br /> <br /> <br />z yvrJ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The field investigations were conducted from 15 January to 15 March <br />in -th:'-~~cinity of the Tushar M~!l"r-t:iTe--eOwn-O+-:a~ <br /> <br />Because of wet conditions no cloud seeding was conducted in this part of <br /> <br />Utah ~n 1985. <br /> <br />A program of basic and applied studies was sti 11 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />conducted, however, in order to increase knowledge of the winter storms <br /> <br />and ~mprove future cloud seeding operations. <br /> <br />Analysis has been <br /> <br />completed of the data collected ~n the~ field investigations. <br /> <br />That <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />analysis is reported here. <br /> <br />The analysis is being completed at three levels. <br /> <br />The first level <br /> <br />consists of the work of various subcontractors to the Utah Division of <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water Resources and ~s described in their individual reports to the <br /> <br />Division and in papers for scientific conferences. The second level of <br /> <br />analysis is the subject of the present report. It draws together and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />integrates the results of the subcontractors and of the present author <br /> <br />into a comprehensive treatment of the key scientific questions. The <br /> <br />third level of analysis yet to be completed will consist of the formal <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />publication ~n the refereed literature of selected results from this <br /> <br />report and from the Levell analysis. <br /> <br />The field investigations were tailored to the kinds of clouds being <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />studied. Many of the clouds in the study area over the Tushar Mtns are <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-xx~- <br />