WMOD00596

• Contract/Permit #: 14-06-D-7000
• Project Name: The Pyramid Lake Pilot Project
• Title: The Pyramid Lake Pilot Project - Volume I
• Prepared By: Patrick Squires
• Date: 1/1/1977
• State: NV
• Country: United States
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

8. THE CLOUD SEEDING SYSTEM FOR THE FINAL THREE SEASONS .

Silver Iodide Aerosol Generators. . .
The Control Center . . . . . . . . .

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9. SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY AND FORECASTING. . . 9-1

Synoptic Weather Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Forecasting Storm Periods: Temporal Considerations ..... 9-2
Storm Magnitude: Expected Precipitation. . . . . . . . 9-5
Proxi mi ty Soundi ngs ... . . . . . . . 9-8

10. MESOSCALE PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS

The Establishment of the Network. .
Site Location in Mountainous Terrain .
Non-Recording Measurements . .
Recording Gages ........
Reduction of Data . . . . . . .
Data Validation .. . . . . . .
Calibration of Recording Gages .

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DATA HANDLING AND PROCESSING

Control Center Data . . . . .
Field Data . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Physical Description of the Data Set
Data Set 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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14. NUMERICAL RESULTS OF PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS . . . . . 14-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 14-1
Numerical Results of Evaluation .. . . . 14-2
Numerical Data for Other Response Variables ....... 14-12
How Many Observations Must One Make...? . .14-16
The Apparent Effect of Seeding in Three
Topographic Subdivisions of the Anq1ysis Area. . . . . . . . 14-18
Stratification of Storms by Predicted Duration. . 14-19

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS.

Approach to a Preliminary Analysis .
The Areal Method . . . . . . . .
The Data Base .. . . . . . . . . .
Missing Data . . . . . . . . . . .
Basis of Statistical Analyses

PRELIMINARY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS

In t ro d uc t ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Calibration of Precipitation Gages . . . . . . . .
Imputation of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Problem of Evaluation of the Effects of Seeding

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