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<br />PREFACE <br /> <br />On November 12-13, 1981. participants in the Southwest Drought Research <br />Program met in Denver. Colorado, to discuss progress in this cooperative <br />effort between the Bureau of Reclamation and agencies in five Southwestern <br />States. The research, which embraces both technical and institutional topics. <br />is directed toward plans for combating drought through weather modification. <br /> <br />The participants bring to the program a broad spectrum of training and <br />experience including: meteorology. climatology. agriculture, hydrology. law, <br />economics. public administration. and social sciences. They form state teams <br />that concentrate on drought, a multidimensional problem that regularly <br />afflicts each of their states. These teams display a high degree of coopera- <br />tion. enthusiasm. and resourcefulness. Several people not directly involved <br />in the Southwest Drought Research Program also attended the workshop. The <br />willingness of all participants to discuss openly and fully the various <br />facets of their work made the workshop a success. <br /> <br />Representatives of each agency summarized their activities and accomplishments. <br />The climatological studies indicate that sufficient data are available to <br />make. at least, rough estimates of the potential precipitation increases that <br />could result from weather modification. Other technical studies are identifying <br />probable impacts of additional precipitation on hydrologic and agricultural <br />systems and the expected value of additional water. The institutional <br />studies are revealing a multitude of regulations, jurisdictions, perceptions. <br />and impacts pertaining to weather modification. Presentations and discussions <br />during the workshop showed that interaction between technical and institutional <br />issues is a major element in planning for the use of weather modification for <br />drought mitigation. <br /> <br />i <br />