Research Catalog

Title

Weather modification by cloud seeding / by Arnett S. Dennis.

Author

Dennis, Arnett S.

Publication

New York : Academic Press, 1980.

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Description

xv, 267 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

International geophysics series ; v. 24

Uniform Title

International geophysics series ; v. 24.

Subject

• Rain-making
• Weather control

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 247-260.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

THE ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL: Observed characteristics -- The mechanics of aerosols -- Turbulent mixing of aerosols -- Vertical distribution and sedimentation of aerosol particles -- Removal of aerosol particles from the atmosphere by washout -- Origins of cloud condensation nuclei -- Origins of natural ice nuclei -- THE FORMATION OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION: The microphysics of a cloud droplet -- Formation of water clouds -- Growth of ice crystals from water vapor -- The formation of rain by coalescence -- The bergeron process -- Hailstone growth -- CONCEPTS AND MODELS FOR CLOUD MODIFICATION: Modification of CCN spectrum -- Glaciogenic seeding for microphysical effects -- Seeding for dynamic effects -- Seeding effects at large distances -- GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SILVER IODIDE CRYSTALS AND OTHER SEEDING AGENTS: Silver iodide generators and their products -- Activity of silver iodide particles -- Conclusions about silver iodide generators -- Engineering considerations for various delivery systems -- Concluding remarks regarding generators and delivery systems -- STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF THE RESULTS OF CLOUD SEEDING: The need for statistical evaluation -- Evaluation of operational projects -- Design and evaluation of randomized experiments -- Role of cloud models in experiments -- Synthesis -- THE MODIFICATION OF FOG, SNOW, AND RAIN: Fog modification -- Augmentation of precipitation: is a net increase possible? -- Increasing precipitation from orographic cloud systems -- Increasing precipitation from convective cloud systems -- Large area effects -- Increasing precipitation from synoptic scale cloud systems -- Inadvertent modification of precipitation -- SUPPRESSION OF WEATHER HAZARDS: Hail suppression -- Lightning suppression -- Modification of hurricanes -- Suppression of other hazards -- IMPACTS OF WEATHER MODIFICATION ON SOCIETY: Economic considerations -- Ecological considerations -- Sociological considerations -- Legal considerations.

ISBN

0122106504

LCCN

^^^79008539^

OCLC

• 5941129
• SCSB-10126196

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Harvard Library