WMOD00378

• Title: Physical Investigations of Winter Orographic Clouds in Utah
• Date: 3/1/1984
• State: UT
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

My sincerest thanks are extended to the following staff of the

A tmospheric Sciences Center of the Desert Research Institute (D R I) for

their assistance. Ms. Patricia Walsh skillfully developed all of the

software for processing, analysis, and display of the radiometer and Ku-

band radar data. Ms. Katrina Lasko very ably drafted all of the fi~~ures

originating at DRI including Figure 2 and Figures 11 to 30. Ms. Cheryl

Sieczkowski expertly typed several drafts of the report with speed, skill

and dedication. Ms. Jan Martinez and Ms. Nan Daly typed early versions of

parts of the report.

This report has benefited greatly from reports and other material pro-

vided me by the other participants in the Utah/ NOAA research pro~Jram.

Messrs. Don A. Griffith, Robert D. Elliott, and H. Robert Swart of North

American Weather Consultants provided helpful information on the Utah

operational program and shared with me their experience of winter

orographic clouds in Utah and California. Mr. Swart I s courtesy and

assistance during my several visits to Beaver during the field program is

gratefully ack nowledged. Mr. Tom Henderson of Atmospherics, Incorporated

provided helpful information on his supercooled liquid water detE!ctor.

Professor Lewis O. Grant and Mr. Robert M. Rauber of the Colorado State

University Department of Atmospheric Science provided helpful information

based on their experience of winter orographic clouds in Colorado.

Dr. Kenneth Sassen of the University of Utah Department of Meteorology

provided a great deal of information on his work leading to the Iidar as a

remote sensing cloud microphysics instrument. Mr. Richard H. Stone of DRI

provided information on the snow sampling program and an opportunity to

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