WMOD00176

• Project Name: Annual Report
• Title: Seeding Operations & Atmospheric Research, 2005 Annual Report
• Prepared By: Duncan Axisia
• Date: 12/31/2005
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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Independent Annual Evaluation Report 2005
Arquimedes Ruiz - Active Influence & Scientific Management

Method of evaluation - TITAN cell-tracking statistical package

Cloud seeding operations 2005 began over the Southern Ogallala target area in April. This annual
report serves as a summary of results. A lotal of 33 douds were seeded and identified by TIT AN in 18
operational days. However. corruption in data did not allow the evaluation for 4 operational days in
July. Table 1 summarizes the general figures:

Table 1: Generalities

First operational day: April 17ltl, 2004
Last operational day: August 30tf', 2004

Number of evaluated operational days: 18
(two in April, one in May. one in June. four in July. and ten in August)

According 10 the daily reports operational days were qualified as:

One with excellent performance
Three with very good performance
Ten with good performance
Four with fair performance
One with poor performance

Number of evaluated seeded clouds: 33 (23 over New Mexico. 10 over Texas)
(10 small seeded douds, 10 large seeded douds, 8 type B seeded clouds, and 5 seeded clouds did not
get proper files)

MISsed Opportunities: 5 (- 13 %)

# 134 over Lea County, NM, on April17tr'
# 2775 over Lea County, NM, on August4l'1
# 6153 over Gaines County. lX. on August 5tr'
# 1138 and # 1140 over Lea County. NM, on Augusl29'"

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