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<br />upwind of the intended target. The distance of seeding line from the <br />target will be adjusted for observed wind conditions to allow fallout to <br />occur within the target. <br /> <br />The effects of the seeding experiments will be documented using a com- <br />bination of high resolution recording precipitation gages, radar, <br />microwave radiometer, ground microphysics, and other instrumentation and <br />observing systems. <br /> <br />The Contractor shall propose (as part of the response to this solicita- <br />tion) a set of criteria which shall be used to suspend seeding opera- <br />tions whenever the Contractor determines any of the limiting criteria <br />will be exceeded. Types of criteria may include (but are not limited <br />to) excess snowpack accumulation, severe weather, avalanche danger, <br />local travel restrictions, etc. The Contractor shall detail the pro- <br />cedures which will be used to determine whether seeding operations may <br />be safely initiated and conducted without violating the suspension <br />criteria. <br /> <br />Normal operating procedure will be for the Bureau to initiate a request <br />to the Contractor to conduct seeding operations for transport and dif- <br />fusion or physical experiments during a given period. The Contractor <br />shall then determine if the seeding can be safely conducted within the <br />guidelines established by the suspension criteria. If it is safe to <br />seed, the Bureau and Contractor will establish the time(s) and type(s) <br />of seeding to be conducted. After seeding has been initiated, the <br />Contractor shall monitor conditions and terminate all seeding operations <br />if any of the suspension criteria are exceeded. The Contractor shall <br />document and provide the Bureau. and the State of Colorado all records of <br />seeding activity. <br /> <br />C-3.2.2 METEOROLOGICAL DATA COLLECTION <br /> <br />The Contractor shall install, maintain, calibrate, and operate a wide <br />range of Government-furnished meteorological instrumentation. Refer to <br />Section II - Special Contract Requirement, paragraph H-4. (Specific <br />personnel requirements are addressed in Section H-l.) In all cases the <br />equipment, spare parts, supplies, and necessary training in routine <br />operations, calibration, and maintenance will be furnished by the <br />Bureau. Those functions for which personnel with extensive electronics <br />training are required will be performed by the Bureau. The Bureau will <br />also select all field instrument sites or train Contractor personnel to <br />perform these duties. Any Special Use Permits, leases, or other land- <br />owner arrangements for use of specific sites for field instrument opera- <br />tions will be the responsibility of the Bureau. <br /> <br />Types of equipment which may be installed, maintained, calibrated, and <br />operated' by the Contractor include, but are not limited to the <br />following: 5-cm digital radar, a K-band radar, microwave radiometers, <br />precipitation gages, snowboards, hygrothermographs, microbarographs, <br />barometers, seeding generators, anemometers, wind vanes, ice nucleus <br />counters, cameras, dew point sensors, icing rate sensors, computer-based <br /> <br />C-5 <br />