WMOD00401

• Contract/Permit #: 2-07-81-V0256
• Title: Precipitation Development in Seeded Clouds Over the Sierra Nevada
• Date: 8/1/1986
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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(a) Diffusional Growth
(b) Accretional Growth
4.1. 3 Collection Efficiency.
4.1. 4 Densi ty of Accreted Rime
4.1.5 Particle Evolution.
(a) Dry Growth
(b) Wet Growth
(c) Mel ting
4.2 I\ggregation Model (~)
4.3 Burec Operational Model (Ba1).
CHAPI'ER V - CLASSIFICATION OF ICE CRYSTALS INTO HABIT
5.1 I\ircraft Data.
5.2 Class i fication Procedure .
5.3 Particle Habits 'Hi th Area Ratio
CHAPI'ER VI - CASE STUDIES OF SEEDED CLOUDS
6. 1 Selection of Seejed Clouds and Approach to Research 54
6.2 March 21, 1979 Case Study (convective cloud) . 55
6.2.1 Enviromental Conditions 55
6.2.2 Seeding Responses from Aircraft Data 55
6.2.3 Evolution of Aircraft Cbserved Particles 59
6.2.4 PGM Predicted Evolution 67
6.2.5 Particle Fall Trajectory 77
6.2.6 Comparison of Aircraft Cbservations with r-tJdels 102

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