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<br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />1 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />IS <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />, 24 <br />2S <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />It actually is going to take out moisture out of <br /> <br />2 the atmosphere in the project area. This amount is extremely <br /> <br />small -- approximately one to maybe two per cent of the total <br /> <br />moisture that is available for precipitation at that time. <br /> <br />And, consequently, increasing this amount by, in <br /> <br />the case that we're talking about for this year, around 10% <br /> <br />would then allow that much less moisture to be available down <br /> <br />stream for immediate precipitation. <br /> <br />Another aspect that has to be considered, though, <br /> <br />simultaneously is the fact that you are increasing your area <br /> <br />of your -- you're increasing your wet area as far as your <br /> <br />precipitation is occurring so, consequently, you'll have more <br /> <br />evaporation. So in many respects what you're doing is you're <br /> <br />accelerating the precipitation-evaporation cycle. <br /> <br />Another aspect of weather modification that <br /> <br />really has not been studied -~ because, again, it's very <br /> <br />small in its total effect within the total atmospheric move- <br /> <br />ment -- is the fact that you possibly could be increasing <br /> <br />the circulation into the storm system, therefore bringing in <br /> <br />moisture at a faster rate to be naturally available for <br /> <br />precipitation. The amounts are small relative to the tremen- <br /> <br />dQus a,mounts.that are available in the atmosphere. <br /> <br />And another aspect, too, is that studies have <br /> <br />been made from downwind of projects t~t have operated over <br /> <br />periods of time to study the effects of whether there has <br />