WMOD00424

• Project Name: 1978 Delaware Rain Augmentation Project
• Title: 1978 Delaware Rain Augmentation Project - Condensed Report
• Prepared For: Secretary of Agriculture, State of Delaware
• Prepared By: Dr. Larry G. Davis, Lawrence B. Youngren
• Date: 12/1/1978
• State: DE
• Country: United States
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(From the Full Final Report)*

Section

Description

Page No.

1.0

INTRODUCTION

1. 1. Background
1.2 Operations Site & Target Area
1.3 Project Personnel

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2.0

OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES & EQUIPMENT

2.1 Seeding Dedsions 7
2.2 Cloud Seedi.ng Techniques 9
2.3 Seeding Safeguards & Steering Committe!e 9
2.4 Weather Radar System 11
2.5 Communication . 13
2.6 Project Aircraft 15
2.7 Seeding Material & Delivery System 15
2. 8 Airborne Data System 19

3.0

SUMMARY OF SE:EDING MISSIONS

3.1 Project Design
3.2 Operational Period
3.3 Experimental Period
3.4 Case Study Days
3.5 Suspension of Seeding Operations
3.6 Days with Potential Seedability
3.7 ATC Limitations

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33

4.0

DATA REDUCTION & ANALYSIS

4.1 Area of Effect Computations 34
4.2 Airborne Data & Observations 35
4.3 PPIOverlays 37
4.4 Time-Height Echo Cross Sections 37
4.5 Cloud Base & Cloud Top Observations 39
4. 6 Film Data 39
4. 7 Example of Operational Period Data 40

* Those sections marked with an (*) have been deleted for this "condensed"
report. The full final report can be obtained from the authors or sponsors.

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