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<br />PART IV - RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRENGTHENING THE PROGRAM OF THE <br />ROYAL RAINMAKING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE. <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />. . <br /> <br />A. Program Scientific Concepts <br /> <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />1. Rationale <br />2. Concerns of His Majesty the King <br />3. Five-Year Plan of the Royal Rainmaking Research and <br />Development Institute <br />4. Objectives <br />5. St rategy <br />a. Scientific <br />i. Reservoir Catchments vs. Rainfed Agriculture <br />ii. Warm and Cold Cloud Seeding <br />b. Programmatic <br />i. Subprograms <br />ii. Decision Points <br /> <br />B. Subprogram I - Feasibility Studies and Core - Scientific <br /> <br />Training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />. . . 0 . <br /> <br />1. Rationale <br />2. Core Training Program on the Theory and Practice of <br />Scientifically-Based Weather Modification <br />3. Scientific Evaluation of Potential Rainmaking Methodologies <br />4. Design of Demonstration Project <br />5. Pilot Agricultural Drought Warning Study <br />6. Preliminary Suspension Criteria Guidelines <br /> <br />C. Subprogram II - Proposed Operational and Institutional <br />Development Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />. . . . . <br /> <br />1. Rationale and Dimensions <br />2. Demonstration Program - Precipitation and Streamflow <br />Enhancement for Reservoir Storage in the Bhumipol Reservoir <br />a. Operational Area <br />b. Operational Period <br />c. Operations Plan <br />d. Facilities and Equipment Requirements <br />e. Personnel Requirements <br />i.. At the RRRDI <br />ii. At Operational Field Sites <br />f. Seeding Systems <br />i. Seeding Agents <br />ii. Seeding Delivery Mode <br />g. Scientific Evaluation <br />h. Environmental Safeguards <br />i. Downwind Effects <br />ii. Suspension Criteria <br />3. Transferability of Studies <br />4. Institutional and Human Resources Development <br />a. Overvi ew <br /> <br />_. <br />xvi <br /> <br />41 <br />41 <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />47 <br /> <br />56 <br /> <br />? <br />'" <br /> <br />~. <br />