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<br />0009~\1 <br /> <br />"Weather modification can never again be approached <br /> <br />only as a scientific problem, , . It is now, arid will be <br />in the future, an element in the resource planning of <br />the nation and the world. "* <br /> <br />The growing recognition that, under the right conditions, cloud seed- <br /> <br />ing can increase precipitation is further underscored in the January <br /> <br />1966 report on Weather and Climate Modification by the National <br />Academy of Sciences--National Research Council: <br /> <br />"There is increasing but still somewhat ambiguous <br /> <br />statistical evidence that precipitation from some types <br /> <br />of cloud and storm systems can be modestly increased <br /> <br />or redistributed by seeding techniques. The implica- <br /> <br />tions are manifold and of immediate national concern, " <br /> <br />The report continued: <br /> <br />"We have studied a broad range of experimental and <br /> <br />commercial precipitation-enhancement programs con- <br /> <br />ducted in recent years both in the United States and <br /> <br />abroad, The available evidence, though not conclusive, <br /> <br /> <br />indicates that artificial nucleation techniques, under <br /> <br />certain meteorological conditions, may be used to <br /> <br />*Paneldiscussion, The Role of the Professional Meteorologist and <br />hill Society in a National Program of Weather Modification, by <br />Dr. Earl G. Droessler, National Science Foundation. Bulletin of <br />the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 47, April 1966, <br /> <br />8 <br />