WMOD00406

• Contract/Permit #: 7-07-83-V0001
• Title: Turbulant Diffusion Studies of Winter Storms Over the Sierra Nevada Mountains
• Date: 12/1/1981
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Chapter

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THEORETICAL EVALUATION OF
AND PROCEDURES

THE LTD MODEL

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.5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
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Taylor's Frozen - Turbulence Hypothesis 77
The Pas qu ill' s II S II . . . . 93
Aircraft - Lagrangian Transformation 97
Homo gene i ty - Sta t ionar i ty . . . . . 102
The liB locking II Me thod and
Computational Procedures. . . . . . . . . . .. 118

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. VI EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF THE LTD MODEL
CASE STUDIES ANALYSES . . . . . 126
6.1 3 March 1980: Airborne Seeding of Stratus . 126
6.1.1 The AgI Seeding Experiment 129
. 6.1.2 The CO2 Seeding Exper imen t 134
6.1.3 Conc 1 ud ing Remarks . 136
6.2 21 March 1979: Airborne Seeding of
Convec t i ve Ce lIs . . . . 143
. 6.3 20 February 1979: Airborne Seeding in
Neg1 igib Ie Turbulence Cond i t ions 154
6.4 8 February 1978: ~AgI Ground Seeding 170
6.5 2 February 1980: Airborne Seeding in
I. Sheared Environment 183
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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APPENDIX A

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