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<br />" <br />.'. <br /> <br />8.0 OPEI0\TIO~AL PLAN <br /> <br />f <br />, <br />I <br />l <br />i' <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />a. Statement of the Nature and Objectives of Proposed Project <br /> <br />The general objective of the research is to more precisely document and <br /> <br />define natural and modified physical processes that occur in Rocky ~[ountain <br /> <br />orographic clouds. The research includes investigations over both primary <br /> <br />and secondary mountain barriers and their respective downwind valleys. <br /> <br />Some of the key critical questions related to weather modification <br /> <br />technology are to be emphasized by this esu research. The resolution of <br /> <br />these problems is important for further progress in appraising. the value of <br /> <br />weather modification, and for effectively and safely carrying out operational <br /> <br />programs by private and government weather modification groups. Specific <br />\J <br />problems being addressed in the CSU research program relate to the dispersion <br />"I -- - . <br />and transport of seeding materials, the detailed description of cloud <br /> <br />microphysical processes, and the ~ailability o~atmospheri~~edicto~s <br /> <br />(covariates) needed for analysis of future research and operational programs. <br /> <br />The proposed research builds on all past weather modification and cloud <br /> <br />physics research for winter orographic clouds in the Colorado Rockies. <br /> <br />The specific objectives of the proposed research program are: <br /> <br />To study the transport and diffusion of seeding materials in the <br /> <br />atmosphere. <br /> <br />To improve the understanding of cloud processes and changes which <br /> <br />result from cloud seeding. <br /> <br />To evaluate the specific changes in seeded clouds as compared with <br /> <br />non-seeded clouds. <br />