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<br />III GENERAL OPERATIONS <br /> <br />PROJECT DESIGN <br />.I. <br /> <br />The WKWM program was designed to be an operational cloud seeding <br /> <br />effort to increase precipitation and reduce hail over participating <br /> <br />.'southwest Kansas counties. Some data obtained in previous years during <br /> <br />program operations have been used by others in weather modification eval- <br /> <br />uations and research. Future seasonal data from the WKWM program can add <br /> <br />more to this growing field of information. OVer the years technological <br /> <br />innovations have been combined successfully with other advances in the field <br /> <br />of weather modification resulting in the WKWM program progressi~ely up- <br /> <br />grading its operations. <br /> <br />In order to accomplish the objectives in the WKWM program, an operational <br /> <br />plan was developed. The general concepts of the program have changed little <br /> <br />'over the 11 year period. An operational flow chart is shown in Figure 2. <br /> <br />WKWM operations divide into three major categories: <br /> <br />(1) Weather Forecasting/Operational Planning <br /> <br />~: <br /> <br />/.' <br /> <br />(2) Weather Surveillance - Visual and Radar <br /> <br />> ., <br />f' <br /> <br />(3) Aircraft Seeding Operations. <br /> <br />The concept under which seeding operations are conducted on the WKWM <br /> <br />program is similar to many other programs of this nature. The meteorologist <br /> <br />is the focal point of the operations and is dependent upon three sources, <br /> <br />of information to function adequately: Radar observations, visual obser- <br /> <br />logist to make such operational <br /> <br />information sources are used by the meteoro- <br />>' ..., <br />decisions as launching aircraf~, repositioning <br /> <br />vations and pilot reports. All <br /> <br />aircraft during operations and ending flights. Whenever anyone of these <br /> <br />sources of information aren't available to the meteorologist, a degree of <br /> <br />uncertainty about the condition of the cloud begins to increase. With all <br /> <br />S0UrCes. ftnctioning,operations are generally smoother. <br /> <br />-10- <br />