WMOD00586

• Title: The Management of Weather Resources - Volume I
• Prepared For: The Secretary of Commerce of the Weather Modification Advisory Board
• Date: 6/30/1978
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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T~e A~gu~e~t i~ Er:er .

C0nd~tians ~or Cloud

Fcr=a~io~. . Coa~escence Frocesses. . Precipitation
Fyc~ S~Je~c~~:'ed ~IGilds. . Cloud Seeding Strategies
__ ~_ ~~~ileri;::al ~~o~e:s _ . -:-~he_~ole_ _of ~~~t:istics _ .
--5t~Li5t:.~~1 ~~~-5i-. . Clo~d Seeding ExperiEents .
Supe~ccG:'ed Fog ~nd ~C~ S~a~us. . Jrographic Cloud
S:s~ecs. . Clli~U:US C:oud Systems. . Warm SeasQn
C~~ulus Cl~~~s. . Dc~n"l:~d Effe~ts. . C~muliform
ClsUGS in ~inte~ Cy~l~~ic S~orns. _ Hail Suppression
. ether Ap?:ic~tio~s . Green L:ght With AThber

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Co~ce~t5 a~d Prac~i~e . [sers and CperaLors ~ .
E,~:u~t::'~TI a~d P~ec::.~tability. . Dro~ght Relief. .
S.:ie::::..fic \-alue ~f Ope~a'tiorral Seeding. . . Cperational
5~~r;.;::a~ds C.n~ ::,a:ety . "'So:lnd 1,,1ar:agement Practices"
. ~ne F~iv~:e =~d~str: ~s a Public I~terest

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1.Cr;::r:.'ter:c.ec'. [;efi~ec. . Scales a:ld Ceytainties . _
Eo~ ~e~tier =s ~Gdi=ie~ J~::.n~entionally. . Identifying
t~e ~~:..~~ended ~eat~e~. . U~ba~ Areas. . The St.
LCJis S~ilC\. . ~0~~r~an P~aductio~ Centers. . Rural
Ko~agric~lt~~al Lan~s . . . Agricultural lands .
~r~~suo~:at~o~ Corrid~rs. . U~i~tended Climate Change
I=pac~~ ~~~~ Jh:..ntende~ Weat~er ~odifi~~ticn

Resear~~ Friori:ies .

. A~tions To S~~port the

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