A Case Study of a Seeded Multiple-Surge Cloud Complex

摘要

This report describes the series of events before, during and after the seeding of a cloud complex in West Texas as part of the 1978 HIPLEX experiment. The approach used emphasizes aircraft and radar data interpretation to describe the cloud processes. The results of this study were used to explore the precipitation mechanisms and the seeding hypothesis for convective (thunderstorm) complexes. This study showed that, while the individual processes in the hypothesis were observed, it cannot be concluded that the changes in the cloud were due to seeding.