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<br />8. OPERATIOOAL PIJIN <br /> <br />A. General <br /> <br />One of the licensees narred in par. 5 will direct eadl <br />day's operations. R:lutine weather forecasts will be obtained fran <br />Western Weather Consultants, Durango, containing the basic inputs <br />of temperature profiles, win:1s, cloud/precipitation patterns. On <br />days selected for researdl studies, research plans described herein <br />will be applicable. <br /> <br />'!he licensed operator will use the l\W:: forecasts to <br />~ ice crystal trajectory fallout patterns in order to detennine <br />which JlgI ground generators to activate an:i where to make airborne <br />seeding :releases. <br /> <br />Se'="""i . . ia will be based on C1i!i temper~ <br />tures wanrer "'::.27 to -30 C, cloud depth grea than 2,000 ~ <br />feet, and directi9JYsuitable for e.::L J <br />Seeding rates will be adjus bes0it the cloud conditions for <br />optimized ice crystal gra.Tth. - <br /> <br />B. Statement of the Nature and Cbjectives of pwflOSed Project <br /> <br />'!he nature of the proposed project is to augment snowfall <br />in the IlDUI1tainoUS regions of the project area with the intent that <br />increased sncwpack will contribute to water supplies that receive nm- <br />off fran these IlDUI1tainOUS regions. <br /> <br />A suoolplTlPnr,,1 ouroose is to support CSU in research <br />studies oonoemed with determining the l:Ot:<U =tcut of U.e == <br />I affected by cloud seeding. <br /> <br />. '!he primary target areas assigned to ere are _* 1lDUI1- <br />tain crests in the North ... . on avera <br />lID indles of water !::Ontem;. '!he principal means of s~;ng <br />will be by ground based silver iodide generators positiOned up-wind of <br />the intended target areas. Orograpuc clouds whidl form on the northern <br />front range with easterly wirrl flCM will be seeded by the aircraft. <br /> <br />'!he operational teclmology and procedures used in this <br />project were derived fran previous researdl projects designed to test <br /> <br />~ ==:'~~~:,';'~ ~-~~- <br /> <br />areas by Colorado State Univers1ty, and ~ ~~~' Juan ~ <br />areas by the Bureau of Reclamation. '!he airborne s ' is-'" <br />derived fran past experiments in the Sierra Nevadas of CaliforniajNevada, <br />Wasatchs of Utah, and certain adaptive techniqt:es derived fran experi- <br />nents near Lake Erie (Penn State University, roM), and in Israel. <br />