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<br />\NEATHER <br />MDDIFICATIDN <br />ADVISDRY <br />BOARD <br /> <br />Chairman: <br />Harlan Cleveland <br /> <br />T. Ke;'h G ;e..nan <br />Thomas L. Kimbal; <br />Thomas F. Malo'1e <br />Martha A- Mclnris <br />Her!t'oan PollacK <br />Wallace N~ Rob.r.o~ '01 <br />JOD!'1Ine S:mpson <br />S. Bryce Stre."e: <br /> <br />Member.: <br />D. Ray Booker <br />Roscoe R. Braham. j.. <br />Stonley A. Ch"..gn.,... Jr. <br />Abro... Chaye. <br />john P. Craven <br />James A. Crutchfield Jr. <br />Robert D. EII'o" . <br />John W. F;'o' <br /> <br />ExecLitive Secre-::rY' <br />Edward S. Epste,- . <br /> <br />Ju~e .)u: 19:-8 <br /> <br />The Hcnorable Jca~ita Kreps <br />Secretary of Connerce <br />Kashington, ~.C. 20230 <br /> <br />Dear ~lacaF Secretary: <br /> <br />It is ~: pleasure to su~nit to you the Final Ren8yt o~ the <br />\\eather ~!odificatio~ Ad...-isory Board \\hid. yoa a?pointec in Ap'il 19'7- <br />b support of your o~ligation under? L. 9.1-490, -::he \"atior.al ~-;eatheT <br />t.;odification Policy Act o~ 19:-6. <br /> <br />lour charge fron the Co~gress, ~hich t~is Re~ort is inte~ded to <br />hel? you fulfil:!., \,Oas to "conduct a co:.!pre~ensi.\.e in...-estigation a~d <br />study or the state of scientific kno"ledge concerr.ing ~eatheY =odi- <br />fication, the present state of de~elop~ent of ~eather Dodiiication <br />technology, the ?roblens i~ped~ng effecti\e i~?ler.er.tation of "eather <br />Eodification tec:mology, and other related natters. t. T!le purpose of <br />this study, Congress declared, \\as "to de\-elop a comprehen~i,:e and <br />coordinated national ~eather modification policy and a ~ational <br />prograr.i of Keat~er :nocification researc:-l and deyelo::>rr:ent <br /> <br />Tte goard has cet ir. ~astington, D.C., and i~ ~or~t Da~ata> <br />Colorado, Illinois, California, rirginia, Ck lato::Ja , and Georgia. <br />has heard formal tes:ilJor.y at i t~ oeetings, all of ~"hi d, ~a\"e beer. <br />ope~ to the public, trOD 96 ?ersons, and receiyed ~ri~te~ co~~ents, <br />reports, and infoYDal reactions froD nany ~ore. Beard ne~bers have <br />Det, incividually and in groups, "it~ the r.ost kno~lec5eable experts <br />b t~is field in =llrO?e, :r..e ~~idGle Ea~t, Canada, ~~exi:::o, and <br />Australia. Ti::Je and resources did not ?el'T.1it a full field i:1quiyy <br />in East a~d SO:I:h Asia, "hich ~~ll be necessary business f~r the <br />Go\-err.n:ent ~ater on if the nrooosals ~';e ha,:e :lade for t:Irricane ;:;oder- <br />ation resea~ct are carried to fyuitian. <br /> <br />T..... <br /> <br />hOe hare had the ~enefit of 3UC{} aE~istance ~rc~ the ..l.d:r.i!lis~~'ator <br />of t~e ~atio~al Oceanic and At~cs?heric Ad~ir.~stration anc ~~s sta==, <br />fro~ other agencies ar:d asscciatio~5 t!:a~ ~a\-e G. stake i:1 ~~eatf:er <br />uodificaticn, as ~ell as a nu~ber of special cJns~:tants engagec :~ <br />"ork ~itt ~s. A f~ll :ist of ~ersc~s, ~itne~ses~ ~~~s~:tc~ts~ a~c <br />cc~tractors "~c helnec ~s in our ~ark ~i:l be fo~nc i~ ~~e a?pendix <br />~o this Re:)o::'t. <br /> <br />EST ABLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN SUPPORT OF P.L. 94-490 <br /> <br />i i <br />