Microphysical Effects of Wintertime Cloud Seeding with Silver Iodide over the Rocky Mountains. Part I: Experimental Design and Instrumentation

Microphysical-Effects-of-Wintertime-Cloud-Seeding-with-Silver-Iodide-over-the-Rocky-Mountains-Part-I-Experimental-Design-and-Instrumentation-Super-Boe_Super-et-al.-1988

Author(s): Arlin B. Super, Bruce A. Boe, and Edmond W. Holroyd III, James A. Heimbach, Jr.

Abstract: A series of winter oragraphic cloud seeding experiments is described in which the seeding agent and associated changes in cloud microphysics are monitored to within 300 m of the target areas (Montana and Colorado), and at the surface (Colorado only). This, the first paper in a three-part series, discusses the underlying physical hypothesis and experimental approach, and describes in detail the instrumentation used. The results of the physical evaluations, presented in Parts II and III, show that marked microphysical changes were caused by both ground-based and aircraft seeding with silver iodide.

Year: 1988

Journal: Journal of Applied Meteorology

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Categories: 1988, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Author: Arlin B. Super, Bruce A. Boe, Edmond W. Holroyd III, James A. Heimbach, Jr.

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