Weather control

Leepson, M

Title: Weather control

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Weather modification, the intentional altering of atmospheric conditions to suit the purposes of humankind, has five basic forms: (1) fog dissipation; (2) rain and snow enhancement; (3) hail suppression; (4) lightning suppression; and (5) the abatement of severe storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes. The dissipation of fog and the seeding of clouds with dry ice or silver iodide to produce rain are the most successful weather modification techniques. Both are used extensively and with varying degrees of success in the United States and around the world. Cloud seeding, though, is not effective in easing the harshness of a drought, such as the one that hit the Southwest, Midwest and Great Plains this summer.

Authors:: Leepson, M

Publication Date:: 1980-09-05

OSTI Identifier:: 6810349

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Ed. Res. Rep. (Wash., D.C.); (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 11:9

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; WEATHER; MODIFICATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS; CLIMATES; CLOUDS; HURRICANES; METEOROLOGY; SILVER IODIDES; STORMS; DISASTERS; HALIDES; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; IODIDES; IODINE COMPOUNDS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; 500100* - Environment, Atmospheric- Basic Studies- (-1989)

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  abstractNote = {Weather modification, the intentional altering of atmospheric conditions to suit the purposes of humankind, has five basic forms: (1) fog dissipation; (2) rain and snow enhancement; (3) hail suppression; (4) lightning suppression; and (5) the abatement of severe storms such as hurricanes and tornadoes. The dissipation of fog and the seeding of clouds with dry ice or silver iodide to produce rain are the most successful weather modification techniques. Both are used extensively and with varying degrees of success in the United States and around the world. Cloud seeding, though, is not effective in easing the harshness of a drought, such as the one that hit the Southwest, Midwest and Great Plains this summer.},

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