WMOD00213

• Applicant: North American Weather Consultants
• Sponsor Name: Upper Colorado River Commission
• Project Name: The Potential Use of Winter Cloud Seeding Programs to Augment the Flow of the Colorado River
• Title: The Potential Use of Winter Cloud Seeding Programs to Augment the Flow of the Colorado River
• Prepared For: Upper Colorado River Commission
• Prepared By: Don Griffith, NAWC
• Date: 3/1/2006
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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I. Ground Seedin~ in a Winter Orographic Setting
2. Recent Operational Cloud Seeding Programs in
the Western United States
3. Existing (operational) Cloud Seeding Target Areas
and Potential Target Areas

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I. Existing Operlltional Target Areas
2. Potential'fl1rget Areas
3. Pre\'iolls \Vater Yield Estimates frum Cloud Seeding
in the Colorado River Basin
.J. Areas and Water Yields for 10% Snowpack SWE
Increases from Seeding for Existing Seeding Targets
And Potentiall'iew T~lrgel Are~ts
S. Estimated Anntge Increases in April through December
Streamflow for Upper Basin States plus Ari:wna from
Existing and New Programs for 5.10. and 15% incre~'ses
in October Ihrough ~Iarch Precipitation for Ihe 1975.2002
Hasc Period
6. Estimated Program Costs

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Appendix A Excerpts from Capabilit)' Stlltemenls
Regarding Winlcr Programs

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