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<br />~ ' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />1,4 <br /> <br />(3) Remote-recording weather stations, The Slide Mountain <br />weather station at 9,650 ft elevation in the Carson Range provides <br />teletype data at 10-minute intervals on air temperature, relative <br />humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind direction and wind speed, This <br />real-time information, representative of the free air near 700 mb, <br />is essential to the cloud and storm research of SCPP; it is needed <br />for decisions on when to turn AgI generators on or off, for planning <br />helicopter flights and for later mesoscale analysis for case studies, <br />A second remote-recording station on peavine Mountain (8,260 ft) <br />northwest of Reno will provide valuable real-time data from a promi- <br />nent peak visible from Stead and directly downwind of Kingvale, Donner <br />Summit and Truckee, Improvements are planned to provide for greater <br />facility in recording and plotting the data. <br /> <br />(4) Environmental study areas. In addition to the mesoscale <br />precipitation gauge network and the remote-recording weather stations, <br />special interdisciplinary observations are made in selected areas of <br />ecological importance. These studies focus on the relationship of <br />weather and climate to streamflow, vegetation, wildlife, historical <br />events and future land use, Such areas include the Mt, Rose highway <br />transect from Steamboat across Galena Creek, Slide Mountain and Tahoe <br />Meadows to Incline Village and Lake Tahoe; Whittell Forest and Wild- <br />life Area and Lake Tahoe State Park; Sagehen Creek Field Station; and <br />the Rancho San Rafael-Peavine Mountain area. Using mesoscale climate <br />data as one of the known physical conditions, projects have been ini- <br />tiated on fire weather, plant succession following burns, floods and <br />. avalanches, tree distribution, nutrient transport, acid rain effects, <br />urban landscaping and mesoscale wind patterns, These interdisciplinary <br />studies are closely allied to the environmental aspects of weather <br />modification under investigation by the U,S, Forest Service for Scpp, <br />