WMOD00411

• Project Name: Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project
• Title: Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project - Operations Plan 1983-1984
• Date: 12/1/1983
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

CONTENTS - continued

Section

C. NCAR radar operations
D. USBR radiometer operations .
E. K-band rad ar operat ions

V.

Ground-based data collection
A. Introduction........
B. Ground measurements .
1. Precipitation gage network
2. Meteorological measurements
3. Kingva1e fixed target site
4. Rad iometer measurements . . . . . . .
5. Ground-based microphysics observations
C. Data reduction, archiving and analysis
1. Precipitation gage network .. . . . .
2. Meteorological measurements. . . . . . .
3. Radiometer measurements . . . . . . . . .
4. Ground-based microphysics observations

VI.

Airborne data collection and seeding operations'
A. Introduction..........
B. Di spenser re1 i abi1 ity testing
C. The priority experiments . .

VI I.

Suspension criteria. . . . . .
A. Excess snowpack accumulation. .
B. Rain-induced winter floods. . . . ....... . .
C. Severe weather . . . . . . . . . .
D. Other speca1 circumstances . . .. . .

VIII.

Safety procedures . . . . .
A. In trod uc t ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1. Medical emergencies .
2. Safety precautions
a. Ai rcraft . . .
b. Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
c. Radar . . . . . . . . .
d. Project ground vehicle safety
First-aid procedures . . . . . . . .
Snakebite . . . .. .. . . .
He1 i um tank storage and transport
Fi re . . . .

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4.
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6.

IX.

Support facilities
A.

B.

Transportation. . . . . .
1. Federal motor vehicles
2. Contr actors . . '. . . . . . . .
Communications . . . . . . .
1. Telephone communications
2. Addresses........

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