Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research

National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences & Climate, Committee on the Status of and Future Directions in U.S. Weather Modification Research and Operations (Autoren)

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143 Seiten

2004
National Academies Press (Verlag)
978-0-309-09053-7 (ISBN)

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Examines the status of the science underlying weather modification in the United States. This study calls for a coordinated national research program to answer fundamental questions about basic atmospheric processes, and to address other issues that are impeding progress in weather modification.

The weather on planet Earth is a vital and sometimes fatal force in human affairs.
Efforts to control or reduce the harmful impacts of weather go back far in time. In
this, the latest National Academies' assessment of weather modification, the committee
was asked to assess the ability of current and proposed weather modification
capabilities to provide beneficial impacts on water resource management and
weather hazard mitigation. It examines new technologies, reviews advances in
numerical modeling on the cloud and mesoscale, and considers how improvements
in computer capabilities might be applied to weather modification. Critical Issues in
Weather Modification Research examines the status of the science underlying weather
modification in the United States. It calls for a coordinated national research program
to answer fundamental questions about basic atmospheric processes and to
address other issues that are impeding progress in weather modification.

Table of Contents

Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Current Status of Weather Modification Operations and Research
3 Evaluation Requirements for Weather Modification
4 Tools and Techniques for Advancing Our Understanding
5 Conclusions and Recommendations
References
Appendix A: Glaciogenic and Hygroscopic Seeding: Previous Research and Current Status
Appendix B: Modern Statistical Methods and Weather Modification Research
Appendix C: Glossary
Appendix D: Acronyms
Appendix E: Community Participation
Appendix F: Committee Member Biographies
Plates 1-8

Committee on the Status and Future Directions in U.S Weather Modification Research and Operations, National Research Council

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Current Status of Weather Modification Operations and Research; 5 3 Evaluation Requirements for Weather Modification; 6 4 Tools and Techniques for Advancing Our Understanding; 7 5 Conclusions and Recommendations; 8 References; 9 Appendix A: Glaciogenic and Hygroscopic Seeding: Previous Research and Current Status; 10 Appendix B: Modern Statistical Methods and Weather Modification Research; 11 Appendix C: Glossary; 12 Appendix D: Acronyms; 13 Appendix E: Community Participation; 14 Appendix F: Committee Member Biographies; 15 Plates 1-8

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.1.2004
Verlagsort	Washington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	0-309-09053-9 / 0309090539
ISBN-13	978-0-309-09053-7 / 9780309090537
Zustand	Neuware