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<br />01)0978 <br /> <br />in the air above another locality, and would not be a case of <br /> <br /> <br />"robbing Peter to pay Paul." For example, an operation con- <br /> <br />ducted in the watersheds that supply New York City would neither <br /> <br />increase nor decrease the amount of precipitation that might <br /> <br />fall from the skies above Philadelphia. <br /> <br />The ability to increase supplies of water from the atmosphere <br /> <br />will first be developed in areas of major orographic effects. ,~ <br />These major areas are shown in Figure 6. In addition to those <br /> <br />shown, there are other localized areas where terrain effects <br /> <br />are significant. Among these, the lake effect near the Great <br /> <br />Lakes is perhaps the best example. <br /> <br />While developing the capacity to increase precipitation in these <br />areas of most promising immediate availability, fundamental <br /> <br />research and long-range program planning will be aimed towards <br /> <br />eventual development of the capability to utilize the basic atmos- <br /> <br />pheric ocean of water vapor directly above areas of need. Devel- <br /> <br /> <br />opment of this capability, potentially the most beneficial of all, <br /> <br /> <br />represents a: challenging area of endeavor. Basic research :in <br /> <br />this area will begin early in the program and will receive special <br /> <br /> <br />effort after 1985, by which time it is expected that the first phase <br /> <br />of a national capability to augment atmospheric water supplies <br /> <br />will have been achieved. <br /> <br />*The lifting of an air current caused by its passage up and over <br />mountains. <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br />. .... - ~. <br /> <br />~;it;~;}j;, <br />