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<br />Operational Plan (continued) <br /> <br />meteorological features vill determine the network of generators <br />which will best seed the cloud systems over the project area for <br />each situation and will provide a method for adjusting the <br />network as new weather information becomes available. <br />With a "best" initial network to seed a situation established, <br />the generator operators are telephoned to turn on their generators <br />at a specified time and run them at a specific burn rate. On the <br />same call they will be given a specific turn-off time which could <br />be subject to change by another phone call from the meteorologist <br />at WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS . Incoming weather data into <br />the forecast office allows a continuous monitoring of any changes <br />in conditions and any necessary adjustments of termination in the <br />seeding operation. There Yill also be a liaison between the <br />meteorological control office and the program participants and <br />field maintenance technicians and selected generator operators <br />located near the project areas as to any developing conditions that <br />may warrant a change in the seeding operation. <br />6) Any Additional Information which May Be Required to Describe the <br />Operations and the Proposed Method of its Evaluation. <br />Many design and operad.onal features of this program have been <br />based upon the findings and experience learned through operating the <br />~ <br />Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Basin PUot Project in the <br />. <br />Upper San Juan River Basin. The placement of ground-based generators, <br />. ' <br />identification of storm systems with favorable IIIOdificatiOI1 potential <br />and concern for pubUc safety and awareness through'responsible operations <br />are specifically sOllIe of the refinements to be incorporated into the <br />. proposed wiD.terdlll4 weather 1IlOdification program. <br />An operational report will be furnished to the program participants <br />and the Director of Natural Resources following each seeding season in <br />which precipitation within the project area will be indicated with any <br />pertinent comments to comparisons with respect to normal or precipitation <br />in adjacent areas. This proposed program will be operated nearly <br />identical to programs operated by WESTERN ~R CONSULTANTS . during <br />the past 22 years in Colorado. Evaluations of these progralllS have been <br />made under contrac.ta from the State of Colorado to C.S.U.' \Ie would. <br />anticipate similar evaluation results frOm this proposed. program. <br /> <br />c <br />