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<br />refinement of software and data bases for the display and processing of information. Larger <br />data samples and better stratification of events into homogeneous samples are needed to draw <br />sound scientific conclusions. <br /> <br />Research results should be published in scientific journals and presented at professional <br />meetings. Presentation of results to other ~foroccan water resources experts will help them <br />to understand the conditions that may produce opportunities for precipitation enhancement <br />and subsequent improvements in water resources. Presentations to the international scientific <br />community will impro\'e the general understanding of the physical processes of precipitation <br />in northwest Africa and the potential for weather modification in that region. so other nations <br />may benefit from ylorocco's experience. ~Iore general studies from the Programme Al Ghait <br />data sets may lead also to better weather forecasting and understanding of the structure of <br />storm systems in that region. <br /> <br />Specific scientific data collection and studies recommended for the project include the <br />following: <br /> <br />. Studies of the radar and satellite data should be expa:1ded to describe the <br />mesosynoptic physical characteristics of precipitation eyents in Morocco. These <br />results shouid then be combined with the cloud microphysical observations and <br />numerical modeling simulations to better understand the physical mechanisms that <br />cause precipitation in ~Iorocco. Radar data collection and quality control should <br />continue in accordance with the Operations Plan through 1993. <br /> <br />. Additional data collection and analyses are needed in the areas of cloud physics and <br />statistical eyaluation. These data should be collected from 1989 to 1993 in order to <br />continue existing analyses and pro\'ide required expanded sample sizes. <br /> <br />. Statistical-physical evaluation techniques that deal with the large natural variations <br />of precipitation in the target and control areas need further study. The search for <br />coyariates for the statistical evaluation should be expanded to at least further <br />exploration of the use of the Rhea model. This research will require continued effort <br />and careful analysis. The numerical modeling ".-ork of ~1r. El ~lajdoub and <br />Mr. Abidi should be continued to better quantify the precipitation and runoff <br />received in ylorocco and lend support to other studies that are dealing with the <br />physical mechanisms of the precipitation process. <br /> <br />3. The "["nited States should continue im'olvement in the project. - Continued American <br />participation in the project was recommended by the Final External Evaluation Report and <br />the Annual ~lonitoring Report in 1989. Those reports reconmended continued involvement <br />for at least the next 4 years until a sound scientific result can be obtained. <br /> <br />The United States should look for ways to support continued scientific collaboration after the <br />end of the current "CSAID project to ensure that sound scientific results can be obtained oyer <br />the next 4 years. This assistance would consist of: <br /> <br />xu <br />