Analysis and Planning for Precipitation Augmentation for Crops Experiment.September 1990-August 1991

摘要

The scientific research described herein was conducted within the context of thePrecipitation-Cloud Changes and Impacts Project (PreCCIP) of the Illinois State Water Survey during the period September 1, 1990 to August 31, 1991. PreCCIP is an ongoing research effort, originally entitled Precipitation Augmentation for Crops Experiment (PACE). Findings from the PreCCIP research concerning atmospheric processes and the effects of changed conditions are key inputs into a myriad of individual and institutional decisions affecting Illinois. They include major questions about (1) the application of cloud seeding to try to alter precipitation; (2) the magnitude and factors causing inadvertent climate change at the local and regional scales; (3) the types and importance of physical effects and socioeconomic impacts caused by altered weather; and (4) the monitoring, control, and regulation of activities leading to either purposeful or inadvertent modification of weather and climate.