WMOD00234

• Contract/Permit #: #93-5
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater
• Project Name: Kansas Weather Modification
• Date: 1/1/1993
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

FOREWORD

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

Lis"!; of Tables................................................ i

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

II. THE PHYSICAL BASIS FOR CLOUD SEEDING.................. 5

II I. GENERAL OPERATIONS.................................... 13

IV. OPERA'rIONAL SUMMARY - 1993.......................... ..19

V. HAIL DISTRIBUTION..................................... 21

VI. RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION................................. 31

VII. AN ANALYSIS OF WKWM ECONOMIC EFFECT..................,39

VIII. CONCLUDING REMARKS................................... .51

IX. RECONNENDATIONS....................................... 52

ACKNOVILEDGIvlENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

APPENDICES

A. HISTORIC PROJECT OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY SUJ~RY....56

B. HISTORIC MONTHLY NUMBER OF SEEDING DAYS FOR
HAIL AND/OR RAIN AUGMENTATION....................57

C. HISTORIC NUMBERS OF ALL MONTHLY FLIGHT HOURS,
SEEDING HOURS AND SEEDING AGENT DISPENSED
1975 - 1984................................. .58
1984 - 1993..................................59

D. COUNTY WEATHER MODIFICATION PARTICIPATION........60

E. ENTERPRISE WR100-2 RADAR SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS...61

F. FLITE/TRAK SPECIFICATIONS........................ 61
G. NOAA FINAL REPORT - 1993........................ .62