Recent Progress and Needs in Obtaining Physical Evidence for Weather Modification Potentials and Effects

Authors

  • Roger F Reinking Weather Modification Program NOAA Environmental Research Laboratories Boulder, Colorado
  • Rebecca J MeitIn Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54782/jwm.v21i1.364

Abstract

Statistical and numerical modeling approaches to assess the effects of cloud seeding require the interactive input of, and understanding derived from, measurements that provide direct evidence of natural and altered development of precipitation.  A brief review of recent progress in obtaining physical evidence to evaluate and verify potentials for and effects of precipitation enhancement and hail suppression is presented.  Recent findings from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Federal/State Cooperative Program in Weather Modification Research are emphasized, but other related results are included.  In the context of many significant new advances toward proving hypotheses by direct measurement, a number of remaining needs for measurements and corresponding technologies are indentified.

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (1989)

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Scientific Papers

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Recent Progress and Needs in Obtaining Physical Evidence for Weather Modification Potentials and Effects. (1989). The Journal of Weather Modification, 21(1), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.54782/jwm.v21i1.364