WMOD00064

• Applicant: North American Weather Consultants
• Project Name: Grand Mesa
• Date: 11/1/1985
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Application

to receive NAFAX products and other weather data such as hourly
observations, NWS weather forecasts, watches and warnings
via the Zepher Satellite data acquisition system.

2. NOT APPLICABLE

3. INDICATE HOW THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BENEFIT PERSONS
WITHIN THE TARGET AND THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO.

As indicated in la the major objectives are to investigate
and improve the capability of cloud seeding to augment the
flow of the Colorado River System and to encourage the application
of the technology when appropriate in the Colorado River Basin.
If these objectives are reached in this study the long term
goals will be to provide additional water, as needed, in the
target area and those regions within Colorado that are within
the Colorado River Basin. The technology would also be applicable
to other river basins in Colorado with headwaters in the moun-
tains. This additional water will be available to be used
for recreation, agriculture, or drinking water for the people
of Colorado.

4. NOT APPLICABLE

5. DESCRIBE HOW THE PROJECT IS DESIGNED FOR AND OFFERS ProMISE
OF EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNOLOGY OF WEATHER
MODIFICATION.

The project will use state of the art equipment such
as PMS cloud probes to study crystal habits within cloud systems
before and after seeding. A dual channel microwave radiometer
will be utilized to identify those portions of storm systems
that prove to be most ameniable to seeding, (i.e., demonstrate

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