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<br />~~j <br /> <br />o ~-) <br /> <br />John R. Thompson <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />a basis for improving short-term terminal forecasts. He also <br />assisted in the design of a cloud seeding test program for the <br />Southern Sierra Nevada in California. <br /> <br />Since 1968, Mr. Thompson has been Project Director for NAWC. <br />From 1968 through the winter of 1973-74, he was head of the <br />Santa Barbara Project, and responsible for overall supervision <br />and operation of the field research and project evaluation. <br />In 1974 and 1975, he was head of the Los Angeles County Flood <br />Control seeding project, and responsible for the operation and <br />supervision of a winter precipitation augmentation program in <br />the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California. Next, he <br />worked on an R&D stratus cloud dissipation study (using silver <br />iodide flares) which NAWC performed for the Air Force Geophysics <br />Laboratory (AFGL). In this study, he was a co-principal <br />investigator in charge of field operations. Following this he <br />became director of the Utah Water Resources Development <br />Corporation seeding project, beginning in 1975 and recurring <br />annually. He is responsible for the operation and supervision of <br />this major winter precipitation augmentation program in the State <br />of Utah. <br /> <br />Mr. Thompson also spent nearly three years (1985-87) as NAWC's <br />Chief Scientist on the Colorado River Augmentation Demonstration <br />Program (CRADP). This was a Bureau of Reclamation R & D project <br />designed to investigate and improve cloud seeding technology in <br />the Colorado River Basin. Mr. Thompson headed NAWC I S research <br />team in support of this effort. NAWC's principal <br />responsibilities were to conduct eh cloud seeding research and <br />collect and analyze meteorological data. This program conducted <br />field studies in both western Colorado (Grand Mesa area) and in <br />central Arizona (Mogollon Rim Area) during his tenure. <br /> <br />Professional Affiliations <br /> <br />American Meteorological Society <br />Weather Modification Association <br />Certified as one qualified to direct field experiments or <br />operations in weather modification <br />