WMOD00576

• Title: Summary of Weather Modification Activities Reported in 1979
• Date: 7/1/1980
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Table 2.--0perators and Sponsc1rs of Weather
Modification Act:ivities for CY 1979

j QE.erators Activities Sponsors Activities
Federal 2 3 4 10
Nonfedera1 23 46 43 45
Commercial 15 34 0 0
Water Districts 5 6 11 11
Universities 2 4 2 2
Utilities 1 2 3 4
States 0 0 7 12
Cities 0 0 2 2
Air lines 0 0 10 6
Private 0 0 1 1
Resorts 0 0 3 3
Community Associations 0 0 4 4

Target Areas and Their Locations

Table 3 lists the number of weather modi!Eication activities and the
cumulative target area for each State during the year. The total target
area for the 19 States divided by the area of the United States
(3,675,633 mi2) was 3.3 percent. Ninety-~wo percent of the activities
were located west of the Mississippi River during the reporting period.
California had the largest numbE!r of activities, but Montana's one
project had the largest target area.

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