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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I wish to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Norihiko Fukuta for his <br /> <br /> <br />invaluable advice, patience and support and for his chairmanship of my <br /> <br /> <br />supervisory committee. I would also like to thank Drs. Kenneth Sassen and <br /> <br /> <br />Jan Paegle for serving on my supervisory committee and Dr. William Van <br /> <br /> <br />Moorhem, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, for <br /> <br /> <br />his help in my search for literature pertaining to the aerodynamic behavior of <br /> <br /> <br />a falling spheroid. Finally, [ would like to express my thanks to everyone in <br /> <br /> <br />the Department of Meteorology at The University of Utah for their support in <br /> <br />developing this thesis, especially Mark Richardson for his input. <br /> <br /> <br />This study was carried out through the use of the facilities at the San <br /> <br /> <br />Diego Supercomputer Center (account #431SLC) and with the support of the <br /> <br /> <br />Utah/NOAA Cooperative Weather Modification Research Program under <br /> <br /> <br />contract #87 -1999 and the Division of Atmospheric Sciences, National <br /> <br /> <br />Science Foundation under Grant A TM - 8616568 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />