WMOD00437

• Title: HIPLEX - 1978-79 Operations Plan - Big Spring-Snyder, Texas
• Date: 4/1/1978
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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T~LE OF CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES

LIST OF TABLES

DEFINITIONS

1. INTRODUCTION.

2. OBJECTIVES

2.1 HIP LEX Program .

2.2 Texas HIP LEX Field Program for 1978

3. SCOPE OF 1978 TEXAS HIPLEX PROGRAM .
3.1 Project Area.

3.2 Instrumentation and Types of Measurements

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3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.2.5
3.2.6

Radar

Aircraft .

Satellite
Other

Surface

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3.3 Period of Field Program

3.4 Types of Clouds and Cloud Systems Selected for Seeding .

4. SEEDING HYPOTHESES FOR TEXAS HIPLEX
4.1 Cumulus-Type Clouds

4.2

Convective (thunderstorm) Complex

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5. SEEDING METHOOOLOGY
5.1 Towering CUmulus

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5.1.1
5.1.2

Cloud Base

Cloud Top .

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