Weather Mod Critical Issues Report

• Project Type: General OWC
• Project Name: Weather Modification
• Title: Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
• Date: 1/1/2004
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Final Report

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CONTENTS

I. Executive Summary

2. Introduction

3, Supplemental Information to the NRC Report

3.1 Hail suppression

3.1.1 Hail suppression concepts
3.1.2 Evidence of cloud seeding effects

3.2 Cold season orographic cloud seeding programs

3.2.1 General discussion

3.2.2 Static seeding of winter orographic clouds

3.2.3 Additional research accomplishments; static seeding of winter
orographic clouds

3.2.4 Additional evidence of wintertime cloud seeding effectiveness

3,2.5 Primary concerns in winter orographic programs

3.2.6 Watershed experiment

3.3 Summer operational programs

3.4 Cloud modeling of cloud seeding effects

4. Additional Topics and Other Modifications to the NRC Report

4.1 The NOAA Atmospheric Modification Program

4.2 Other items

4.3 Additional WMA perspectives on cloud seeding technology

5, Conclusions and Recommendations

6, References

7. Appendix

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