WMOD00398

• Project Name: Project Skywater
• Title: Precipitation Management and the Environment - An Overview of the Skywater IX Conference
• Date: 9/1/1977
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

PREFACE

This summary report d~scusses pertinent issues and abiotic factors as

they relate to the Bureau of Reclamation's Skywater Program. Within the con-

text of the issues discussed, only the abiotic viewpoint has been considered.

The potential impacts on abiotic systems from precipitation enhancement

was considered only for normal or average conditions and. not for critical

situations such as flooding, severe storms, etc. An analytical frame.lork and

sensitivity matrices were developed from a general reference point of view,

and therefore, should not be considered at a site-specific level. The out-

put from the Abiotic Section is based on the considered judgement of the

group and not on in-depth documentation of the state-of-the-art.

I Nl'RODUGrrON

The abiotic issues considered in this section are basically those which

refer to the physical processes that take p~lce in a given ecosystem having

to do Hith the disposition of energy and Hater. These matters Here considered

in a workshop type setting conducted under the auspices of the U. S. Bureau

of Reclamation, Division of Atmospheric vlater Resources l1anagement at Vail,

Colorado November 8-12, 1976. The participants of this abiotic section were:

Dr. Charles Leaf (Convener)
4412 East Mulberry, Suite 113
Fort Collins, CO 80521
303-221-0050

Mr. David A. Falletti, Chief
Watershed Syst~ms Development Unit
Forest Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture
3825 East Nulberry
Fort Collins, CO 80521
303-482-0356 (vrs 323-5291)

Dr. M. Martinelli, Jr.
Project Leader, Rocky Mountain
Forest & Range Experiment Station
Forest Service, USDA
240 West Prospect
Fort Collins, CO 80521
303-482-7332 (FTS 323-5211)

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