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Weather Modification
Contract/Permit #
#95-5
Applicant
Western Kansas Groundwater
Project Name
Kansas Weather Modification
Date
1/1/1995
Weather Modification - Doc Type
Report
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<br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />II <br />I <br />I I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />, <br />I <br />I <br />r <br />I <br /> <br />IV. OPERATIONAL SUMMARY - 1994 <br /> <br />Table 1, on the following page, summarizes relevant 1994 WKWM <br />Program operational flight and seeding information plus all days <br />upon which crop-hail insurance claims were reported. Each flight <br />day was broken down into whether the flying for the day was: <br /> <br />R...to increase Eain only <br /> <br />H...to reduce Hail only <br /> <br />C...Qombined, to increase rain and reduce hail, -both <br /> <br />O...Qbservation---cloud examination, no seeding performed <br /> <br />The pertinent information relating to operations are to be <br />found in the back of this report in the following appendices: <br /> <br />(1) Appendix A - Historic Project Operational Activity Summary <br />(seeding and observation flights) <br /> <br />(2) Appendix B - Historic Monthly Number of seeding Days for <br />Hail and/or Rain Augmentation <br /> <br />(3) Appendix C - County Weather Modification Participation <br /> <br />(4) Appendix D - Enterprise WRI00-2 Radar System <br />Specifications <br /> <br />(S) Appendix E - Flite Trak Specifications <br /> <br />(6) Appendix F - NOAA Form 17 - 4A, Final Report on 1994 <br />monthly seeding activities <br /> <br />This was the third year with 5 aircraft assigned to the WKWM <br />Program. No new operational records were set this past year in <br />flight numbers or hours, seeding time or amounts of seeding agents <br />dispensed or radar run time. Table 1 shows the relevant operational <br />numbers accumulated in 1994 and the crop hail insurance claim <br />summary through Oct. 19th. <br /> <br />There were 330 operationally-related flights of which 262 were <br />seeding and 68 were observations. Total cloud base and cloud-top <br />seeding flight time amounted to 771.0 hours. Actual seeding time <br />at cloud base was 356.7 hours (21,40Z minutes) and the cloud top <br />in-cloud seeding time was 18.5 hours (66,735 seconds); 77,226 grams <br />silver iodide were burned and 2,545 Kg of dry ice were released, <br />respectively. Of the 262 seeding flights, 214 were at cloud base <br />and 48 at cloud top. <br /> <br />20 <br />
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