METROMEX 1975. A summary report including a review of operations conducted by Atmospherics Incorporated during the period 1971--1975. [Inadvertent weather modifications at St. Louis, Missouri]

Technical Report · Fri Mar 05 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7268896

Henderson, T J; Duckering, D W

Project METROMEX has been a multi-agency research program involving an investigation of inadvertent weather modification at St. Louis, Missouri. The overall research goals for Project METROMEX are: To identify the effects of urbanization on the frequency and intensity of various aspects of atmospheric behavior, among them precipitation production and related severe weather; to identify the factors of urbanization which are causative agents of the observed effects, with a view to the possibilities for purposeful manipulation and management of these factors in the future; to identify the physical processes of the atmosphere through which the observed effects are produced, and to begin assessment of the present-day nature and magnitude of the impact of these modifications to atmospheric behavior on the wider environment-related issues of society. Data obtained through 1975 are reported. (CH)

• Research Organization: Atmospherics, Inc., Fresno, Calif. (USA)
• OSTI ID: 7268896
• Report Number(s): TID-27083
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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