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<br />. <br /> <br />Dli.rA M,,;E~liJLED FOIl J\NAlXGIS <br /> <br />Dur.\ n::; the Ii ve yeO-r period eonc,idcred, cloudseedin[; loIas carried <br />out ,jul'in[; Fortion;; of tllenty-one months. To complete a composite <br />5 ycO-l' analy~is, actual precipitation dntO- from reporting stations <br />in and O-rollild the target area had to be assembled for the operational <br />per.Lllds. Lil;c1risLO, corre0polllJing normal l-'recipitation values had to <br />ULO cJlculntLO,j. i'Ol' each reporting station (baoed on 1949 normals... <br />esto.Llished in years prior to any cloudsecdlng activity). <br /> <br />Unfol'tw1ately, many station~ fO-iled to report their monthly pre- <br /> <br /> <br />cll-'"taLioll :xL Lime,;, Vlhich destroYLOd their true 21 month totals. <br /> <br /> <br />'l'lld'LOfo!'e, Ml "orne cases iL 1,0-:'; necesGary to extrapolate an estimate <br /> <br /> <br />for tho::!...: mlJE~ing data. <br /> <br />The lbtO- for the five yco.l' analysis 1010-3 h'llldled in a manner similar <br /> <br />to the yearly reportc. The actual precipitation represents a sunnna- <br /> <br /> <br />tion of the amounts recorded at 0- various station over the years <br /> <br /> <br />durinG l'lhieh the progl'om \lil" in effect. It lms then compared with <br /> <br /> <br />Ions-term norr.lalS COlOlputed for the same period. The resulting per- <br /> <br /> <br />cent of normal figure is then plotted, usinG the same model as in the <br /> <br /> <br />yearly reports. <br /> <br />ActuO-I preci~ito.tion data for the five year study periOd, and the <br /> <br /> <br />nOl..lal do-to. for the corresponding period O-1'e shmm on TABLE 1 which <br /> <br /> <br />foJ.llH'IS. <br /> <br />- 11 - <br />