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<br />NOAA elements have responsibilities. 'The NOAA Federal-State Cooperative Program in Weather
<br />Modification Research is described in light of impending national challenges to water supply and
<br />NOAA's responsibilities in water resources management.
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<br />Reinking, R. F., 1985: An overview of the NOAA Federal-State Cooperative Program in Weather Modification
<br />Research. Proceedings, 4th WMO Scientific Conference on Weather Modification, A Joint
<br />WMO/lAMAP Symposium, Honolulu, In, August 12-14, 1985. World Meteorological Organization,
<br />Geneva, WMOfID-No. 53, 643-648.
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<br />No abstract.
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<br />Reinking, R. F., and J. F. Boatman, 1984: Upslope precipitation events. Intensive Course on Mesoscale
<br />Meteorology and Forecasting, Boulder, CO, June 8-20, 1984. American Meteorological Society, Boston,
<br />MA, Section 19,30 pp.
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<br />No abstract.
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<br />Riebsame, W. E., S. A. Changnon, and T. R. Karl, 1991: Drought and Natural Resources Management in the
<br />United States. Impacts and Implications of the 1987-89 Drought. Westview Press, Boulder, CO,
<br />174 pp.
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<br />The 1987-89 drought was a signal event in the evolving interrelationships among climate, natural
<br />resources management, technology, and society in the United States. Over half of the country
<br />experienced severe to extreme drought by midsummer of 1988. Losses upward to $39 billion illustrate
<br />the continuing, perhaps growing, vulnerability of many natural resources and economic sectors to
<br />drought and other climate fluctuations in the U.S. Despite decades of crop breeding, water system
<br />development, and other improvements in climate-sensitive technologies like cloud seeding, the drought
<br />demonstrated that the simple lack of "nonnal" rainfall still provokes serious disruptions in agriculture,
<br />water supply, transportation, environmental quality, and other areas. It can affect the health and well-
<br />being of millions of people and evoke billions of dollars in government aid. The drought did evoke
<br />some successful responses, and lessons from past droughts were profitably applied in some cases. No
<br />rapid adoption of weather modification occurred, a condition different than in past major droughts of
<br />1950-1985. Indeed, the successful responses in 1988-89 indicate a greater potentull for reducing drought
<br />impacts than was observed, especially during the height of the drought in 1988. By diagnosing this
<br />case, and placing it in the context of the evolving relationship between climate and society, we seek to
<br />point the way toward improved drought management in the future, as well as to better illuminate the
<br />path to reduced overall climate vulnerability.
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<br />Rodi, A. R., and J. A. Flueck, 1986: A study of aggregate in-cloud seeding effects in winter convective clouds
<br />in the High Sierra. Preprints, 10th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification,
<br />Arlington, V A, May 27-30, 1986. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 280-282.
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<br />No abstract.
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<br />Rogers, D. C., R. M. Rauber, and L. O. Grant. 1986: Studies of wintertime stonns over the Tushar Mountains
<br />of Utah. Final Report to Utah Division of Water Resources, subcontract under NOAA FY 85
<br />Cooperative Agreement. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins,
<br />CO, 50 pp.
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<br />No abstract.
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