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<br />'---~---~-~---~-_.-._--------.__._---- <br />, , <br /> <br />-"-~-""~"-";'" <br /> <br />:.,; <br />, Page 2, <br /> <br />: <br /> <br />. , <br />_ ~ _.~ --.-----,_ -'--0-----,..:-_ _. <br /> <br />OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE <br /> <br />The w~~ther modification program conducted over the Grand Mesa <br /> <br />area utilized ground-based generators as a mode of operation. <br /> <br />A netwqrk,of eleven ,arc-type' silver iodide generators were <br /> <br />precipitation-bearing storms, topography, in addition to the <br /> <br />" ' <br /> <br />avililabili'ty of generator operators. . <br /> <br />The generators were <br /> <br />, , <br /> <br />operated by. local residents who were selected and trained in our <br /> <br />',:proceciures' by our company ,representative. Generators for the <br /> <br />" <br />. <br /> <br />Grand Mesa project were installed at or near the following <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />, . <br />, . <br />locations: <br /> <br />-Broughton Ranch <br />, (20 mi NW of Delta) <br /> <br />Palisade <br /> <br />Collbran <br /> <br />Paonia <br /> <br />. De Beque <br /> <br />Rogers Mesa <br /> <br />Delta' ' <br /> <br />V 1M Ranch <br />(10 mi NE of Gateway) <br /> <br />Nucla <br /> <br />Whitewater <br /> <br />Loma <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />Silver iodide is the nucleating agent used in this method of <br /> <br />cloudseeding. Two models of the arc-type generator were employed, <br /> <br />,one having an output of approximately 0.5 grams of silver iodide <br />