WMOD00218

• Contract/Permit #: #97-3
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater
• Project Name: Kansas Weather Modification
• Date: 1/1/1997
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOREWORD

List of Figures.............................................................................................. i

List of Tables................................................ ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... ii

I. BACKGROUND............................................ 1

II. THE PHYSICAL BASIS FOR CLOUD SEEDING.................. 6

III. GENERAL OPERATIONS - PROJECT DESIGN...................15

A. WEATHER FORECASTING/OPERATIONAL PLANNING...........15

B. WEATHER SURVEILLANCE - RADAR, SATELLITE, TV AND

VISUAL..................................................................................... .. .19

C. AIRCRAFT SEEDING, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.......20
D. ADMINISTRATIVE AND PUBLIC RELATIONS................22

IV. OPERATIONAL SUMMARY - 1997............................23

V. HAIL DISTRIBUTION..................................... 26
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VI. RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION................................. 36

VII. NORTHWEST KANSAS AND YUMA COUNTY JOIN FORCES..........45

XI. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS...............................54

XII. RECOMMENDATIONS....................................... 55

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. . . . '. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

APPENDICES:

A. HISTORIC PROJECT OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY
SEEDING AND OBSERVATION FLIGHTS..................58

B. HISTORIC MONTHLY NUMBER OF SEEDING DAYS FOR
HAIL AND/OR RAIN AUGMENTATION....................59

C. HISTORIC COUNTY WEATHER MODIFICATION
PARTICIPATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

D. NOAA FINAL REPORT - 1997.........................62