SOME ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF WEATHER MODIFICATION

Abstract

In considering the modification of weather, two obvious (but easily underemphasized) necessities are (1) to set forth clearly and completely the nature of the need that is being filled and (2) to align planning with forecasting. An illustration is given of situations in which augmentation of rainfall would and would not be prudent. Another illustration shows that actually controlling the weather would differ in utility from merely precipitating a larger fraction of water from clouds than nature would.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0613631

Entities

People

  • R. R. Rapp

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • California
  • Capital Investments
  • Climate Change
  • Drainage Basins
  • Droughts
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economics
  • Floods
  • Investments
  • Money
  • Precipitation
  • Rainfall
  • United States
  • Water Supplies
  • Water Vapor
  • Weather Modification

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Systems Analysis and Design