WMOD00379

• Title: Potential Opportunities for Precipitation Augmentation in the Eastern Tennessee Valley
• Date: 2/1/1988
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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TABLES

Mean monthly precipitation above Chattanooga as observed
during the 1970's and for the 6-year period of this

study. . . . . . . . . .

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Precipitation categories used to stratify amounts above

Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Comparisons of satellite cloud categories and synoptic
categories with daily precipitation averages for the
basin above Chattanooga. . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . .

Summary of various echo characteristics observed by the
Bristol radar for the 6-year study. '. . . .

Days with observed' or expected rime-icing at Flattop Mtn.
and Grandfather Mtn. by months. ...... . . . .

GPCM summary output for March, April, May. . . .

Satellite observed convective days versus GPCM predicted
dynamic growth potential days. .....

Onset day of diurnal convective cycle over eastern

TVA region. ......... e. . . . . .

Comparison of Runoff Suspension Thresholds and Runoff and
Turbine Capacities for Selected Reservoirs. .......

Listing of actual inflow statistics and model input values
by week for the eleven projects (reservoirs) augmented.
Values in cubic feet per second. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sum of historic weekly inflows and percentage increases
resulting from simulated cloud seeding in the eastern
TVA region. Values shown are listed by model year.
Inflow units are TWSF (thousand-week-second-feet) for the
eleven augmented reservoirs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amounts and percentage increases in energy calculated by
the weekly scheduling model (HYOROSIM). Values shown are
listed by model year. Energy increases are in units of
MWH (Megawatt-hours). ..................

Schedule of instrumentation/facilities in the field. .

Instrumentation desirable for proposed cloud physics

aircraft. .............. . . . .

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