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<br />. <br /> <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ABSTRACT <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />LIST OF FIGURES <br /> <br />LIST OF TABLES <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMAR~ <br /> <br />.......~""~~... <br /> <br />1. Int'rod~ction <br /> <br />2. The State of Utah operational cloud seeding project <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />a. Seeding hypothesis <br />b. Seeding generator locations <br />c. Seeding decision methodology <br />d. Procedures for simultaneous conduct of the 1985 <br />operational cloud seeding project and the 1985 <br />field research program <br />e. Potential effect of the operational seeding on clouds <br />in the research area <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3. 1985 field research program <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />a. Experimental approach <br />Experiment 1: mesoscale atmospheric kinematics <br />Experiment 2: kinematics of the particle growth <br />environment. <br />Experiment 3: spatial and temporal distribution <br />of supercooled liquid water <br />Experiment 4: refinement of radiometer and Ka-band <br />radar data <br />Experiment 5: hydrometeor trajectories <br />Experiment 6: precipitation processes and relation <br />of liquid water and precipitation <br />particle growth <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />b. Instrumentation <br />c. Field organization <br />d. Work schedule <br />e. Data management <br />f. STORM periods <br />g. Operational experience with the instrumentation <br /> <br />4. Climatological context of 1985 weather <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />a. Synoptic: weather types <br />b. Rawinsonde data <br />c. Surface temperature and precipitation <br />d. STORM duration <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-vii - <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />iii <br /> <br />v <br /> <br />ix <br /> <br />xv~~ <br /> <br />xx~ <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />9 <br /> <br />9 <br />11 <br />11 <br />14 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />23 <br /> <br />23 <br />23 <br />25 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />25 <br /> <br />25 <br />26 <br /> <br />26 <br />32 <br />36 <br />39 <br />40 <br />40 <br /> <br />55 <br /> <br />55 <br />60 <br />67 <br />70 <br />