WMOD00097

• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater Management
• Project Name: Cloud Seeding
• Date: 5/1/1989
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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APPENDIX A

HISTORIC PROJECT OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY
(Seeding & Observation Flights)

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: Total Hours : Seeding Agent Usage : Radar: # of Program Planes:
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YEAR :Flight:Seeding:Grams AgI:Kg Dry Ice: Hours: Cloud Base: Cloud Top:

1975 281 178 63,310 N/A 415 4 0

1976 415 236 84,603 N/A 446 3 0

1977 263 147 47,850 N/A 798 4 0

1978 427 262 *112,332 0 1,028 1 2

1979 318 205 100,311 0 812 1 2

1980 282 142 67,175 0 1,128 1 2
1981 264 142 69,793 0 1,035 1 2

1982 240 160 33,279 1,078 774 2 1

1983 205 112 15,706 795 624 2 1

1984 251 166 26,346 1,059 620 3 1

1985 "'35 154 42,851 786 1,078 3 1

1986 723 319 64,388 *2,150 1,180 3 1

1987 *761 *362 68,049 N/A *1,286 4 0

1988 521 250 42,432 1,710 984 3 1

1989 579 265 52,902 1,310 933 3 1

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TOTALS 5765 3,100 891,327 8,888 13,141

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Average Yearly Number of Seeding and Observation
FlIght Hours Per Aircraft.... ......... . , , . . .. ,.....108.8 hours

Average Yearly Amount of Seeding T;.me Per Aircraft. ,"'" ,58.5 hours

* - denotes thE> :rn;"ximum value within the column

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