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<br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />Paqe <br /> <br />A. Executive Summary..., h.""",. h.... h....."",...""...... _.."'. h"'.. h""""""""", ,3 <br /> <br />B. What is the Impact of Cloud Seeding <br />on California's Water and Energy Situation?......,..........,..,....,..,........,.........,..5 <br /> <br />1. Relevance and Need....... ............................................."...................................... 5 <br />2. Contribution and Limitations of Cloud Seeding Projects...........................7 <br />3. Declines in Seeding Effectiveness and Possible Causes............................9 <br /> <br />C. What can Current Knowledge and Future Applied Research do to <br />Optimize Cloud Seeding? ...""",.",..,....., ,....,., ",.."....,....." ,...'"" ,..,......,."..,.......,...,...11 <br /> <br />1. What is cloud seeding?..... ...................... ................... ......... ...... ........................11 <br /> <br />a) Docs seeding work and how much more water can it producc?............................13 <br />2. The State of Weather Modification and its Capabilities............................13 <br /> <br />a) Current knowledge and remaining challenges......... ....... ...... .. .................13 <br /> <br />b) An: there any adverse impacls?................................................................ .............16 <br /> <br />c) Anticipated developments and their relevance to California...... ........... .........18 <br />3. Possible methods and evaluation framework..........................................19 <br /> <br />a) Transport and Difl'usion of Seeding ~Iatcrials - Modeling and Observations. ......19 <br /> <br />b) Seeding Technologies and Effectiveness............ ....... ....... .......... .............21 <br /> <br />c) Evaluation Techniques.................................................................... ..22 <br /> <br />4. Benefits and costs YS. other water augmentation technologies...........................24 <br />5. Proposed Tasks and Timeframe.............................................................25 <br /> <br />6. Recommendations........... .......................................... __....................... .26 <br /> <br />D. Acknowledgements,....""............",............."""""...........",..."...."..."". ..,26 <br />E. References""",....."...............""...,...........,..""..........,.".."..."..."......... ....26 <br /> <br />Appendix A - Evaluation of 7 California Seeding Programs........,............,32 <br />Appendix B - Prioritized Cloud Seeding Research Needs....................,....,51 <br /> <br />2 <br />