Project Skywater. Proceedings: Skywater Conference IV. Optimization of Operational Weather Modification

摘要

The Bureau of Reclamation's Atmospheric Water Resources Program, called Project Skywater, is developing the capability to apply precipitation management techniques to the solution of our nation's water needs. Evolutionary processes leading toward the best precipitation management system require the identification and analysis of the many problems in weather modification. Optimization of operational weather modification is presented. The objectives of each research contract program and the procedures for meeting these objectives are given. Discussions of the balance between research and operations and the roles of educational, private, and Government institutions in weather modification, in general, and Project Skywater in particular, are summarized. A statistical summary of the opinions returned expressing the status of the present and future state of the art is included. (Author)