Laserfiche WebLink
<br />STATE PRESENTATIONS <br /> <br />Oklahoma <br /> <br />Mr. Harold Springer of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board presented an <br />overview of the Oklahoma program. The objectives of this program are: <br />(1) to develop a state organizational and institutional plan including review <br />and interpretation of existing rules, regulations, and specifications of <br />emergency provisions to expedite project implementation; (2) to perform <br />background studies of the climatological characteristics of droughts as they <br />relate to agriculture and other water-based economics; (3) to perform back- <br />ground studies of the climatology of cloud seeding opportunities and associated <br />natural and augmented rainfall expectations during droughts; and (4) to <br />develop a scientific design for seeding clouds, sampling rainfall and other <br />effects, analyzing data, and evaluating results. <br /> <br />Dr. Amos Eddy described the work of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. The <br />survey has daily temperature and precipitation data for 250 stations, some <br />with 80 years of records. The survey also has 30 years of rawinsonde data <br />f~om in and around Oklahoma, 7 years of manually digitized radar data from <br />east of the Rockies, and 30 years of hydrologic and agricultural data from <br />Oklahoma. Other data sets have been derived from the basic data including: <br />soil moisture and other hydrologiC factors; trajectories for selected cases; <br />model output statistics and rawinsonde analyses from a one-dimensional, <br />steady-state cloud model; and certain water-related production relationships. <br />Dr. Eddy stated that a relevant climatology should include input from cloud <br />physicists, mesoscale modelers, synoptic meteorologists, weather modification <br />operators, applied statisticians, and affected users. Climatologies of <br />clouds, rainfall, cloud-model 'output. and drought flood characteristics are <br />being prepared. Several examples of these climatologies were presented. The <br />importance of an evaluation was stressed, and several alternatives were <br />discussed. Or. Eddy also explained aspects of weather modification evaluation <br />suggested by his work with North Oakota1s Weather Modification Program. <br /> <br />9 <br />