WMOD00399

• Title: WMO Training Workshop on Weather Modification for Meteorologists - Lecture Notes
• Date: 12/1/1979
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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- mini-computer, with disc, magnetic tape and printer/plotter
Basic facilities:
- office space, conference rooms, telephones, radio communication to
aircraft, desks, typewriters, filing and storage cabinets, copying
machines
laboratory, shop and hangar space for cloud physics instrumentation,
aircraft maintenance and storage, seeding equipment and seeding
agents storage
ground transportation for servicing raingauge network to and from
radar site, airport and Rawinsonde stations

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3.3.8 Other areas of concern (needs):
power, aircraft fuel, tax exemptions.
ity problens.

These facilities 0.3.7), (3.3 .8) are required for each operational season with the
necessary storage facilities for the remainder of the year when some equipmept is not in
use and not on other missions.

Navigational aids, airport landing fees, electrical
Housing needs to be available to the staff. Liabil-

The overall manpower requirements in addition to SPG for the seeding project (PEP
proper) during five consecutive seasons (1982-1986) are estimated as follows:
- field programme manager (WMO provided)
- liaison officer (provided by host country)
- cloud physicists
- statistician, on site part-time
- technicians (cloud physics instrumentation)
- data manager
- data processors
- radar observers
- radar engineers
meteorologists
Rawinsonde operators, 6 for routine operation (4 per station
for intensive operation - 8; some provided by host country)
- maintenance and service for raingauge network
secretarial and clerical assistance (provided by host country)

It should be made clear that this set-up will not be sufficient for the continu-
ing evaluation of PEP; additional groups of scientists need to be involved (and sponsored)
to fully utilize the potential of PEP. It further can be assumed that some of the site
facilities with operational staff as listed above would be supplied as packages.

including programmers
(2 radars)
and technicians (2 radars)

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3.3.9 Time table for operations and decision points for PEP

Operations Plan for SSP-3, available

Start of Field Programme (SSP-3)

Completion of Field Programme

Evaluation of suitability of site for PEP

Preparation of Operations Plan for PEP and
supplementary measuring programme at PEP
site if necessary

September 1978,
March 1979
June 1980 or 1981
December 1980 :01' 1981

*On the basis of the delay of the start of SSP-3, it may well be necessary to extend SSP-3
to June 1981.

Note: Section 3.3 has been taken from the executive summary of the EC Panel :for the PEP
Design Plan, PEP Report No.9.

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