WMOD00570

• Title: Precipitation Enhancement Effects of Sorghum, Using a Daily Growth Model
• Date: 4/1/1982
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Table 5. I
- Number and percent of years with normalized sorghum yield more
than given amounts for selected scenarios I
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> 1.15 >1.05 I
>1.05 > 1.10 > 1.1() >1.15
Scenario No. % No. % No. % Scenario No. % No. i' No. %
yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr yr .yr yr yr
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18 2 12 1B 14 44 2 16 2 6
;; 2 3 18 1 6 2 27 84 17 !i3 9 28
3A 1 6 3A 13 41 2 16,
::iB 3 18 1 6 3B 27 84 14 ~~4 3 9
Concordia 4B 3 18 2 12 2 12 Lubbock 4B 24 75 18 56 9 28
(17 yr) 5A 2 12 (32 yr) 5A 10 31 1 13
5B 4 24 2 12 2 12 5B 25 78 15 F 7 22
6 5 29 3 18 2 12 6 31 97 28 88 23 72
7A 5 29 3 18 2 12 7A 31 97 30 94 25 78
7B 5 29 3 18 3 18 7B 31 97 31 97 27 84
8 4 24 1 6 1 6 8 28 88 14 114 5 16
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IB 16 55 5 17 5 17 IB 2 7
2 15 52 7 24 3 10 2 4 13
3A 3 10 3A
::lB 11 38 4 14 2 7 3B 2 7
Good 1 and 4B 11 38 9 31 7 24 San Angelo 4B 5 17 1 3
(29 yr) 5A 12 41 7 24 4 14 (30 yr) 5A
58 18 62 13 45 10 34 5B 7 23
6 20 69 16 55 10 34 6 15 50 3 10
7A 23 79 16 55 15 52 7A 16 53 4 13 1 3
7B 24 83 17 59 16 55 78 19 63 11 :37 4 13
16 14 10 34 6 20 I
cl 55 48 8 I-
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IB 2 10 I
2 5 24 1 5
3A 1 5 1 5 I
3B 3 10 1 5 1 5 I
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Ok 1 ahoma 4B 1 5 1 5 1 5 I
City 5A 3 14 1 5 1 5 I
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(21 yr) 5B 9 43 3 14 1 5
6 11 52 2 10 1 5
7A 12 57 8 38 1 5
7B 12 57 10 48 5 5
8 7 33 2 10 1 5
.. Scenario Description
1B Rains < 2.54 mm increased 150 percent.
2 Rains oetween 2.55 and 12.70 mm increased 30 percent.
3A Rains between 12.71 and 25.4 mm increased 10 percent.
3B Rains between 12.71 and 25.4 mm increased 20 percent.
4B Preplant rains < 25.4 mm increased by 50 percent.
5A One-third of traces increased by 3 mm.
5B One-third of traces increased by 6 mm.
6 ISWS model B.
7A ISWS-B plus 3 mm on one-third of traces.
71:3 15W5-B plus 6 mm on one-third of traces. 3 mrnl.
S Rains < 25.40 mm increased 150 percent plus one-third traces increased
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