Procedure for Evaluating the Effect of Convective Cloud Modification for the Purpose of Artificially Controlling Precipitation and the Results of Aircraft Studies on the Structure of Cumulus Clouds,

Abstract

As operational tests on the artificial control of precipitation have shown, one of the main factors ensuring the successful solution of this problem is an allowance for the physical properties of various forms of clouds in developing methods of modification and evaluating their effectiveness. The principal form of clouds subjected to modification by the UkrNIGMI in the warm part of the year was cumulus and cumulus congestus. In the first stage, all suitable clouds were seeded over the test area of the experimental meteorological proving ground (MPG) of the UkrNIGMI. The effect of the modification was evaluated by a comparison of the amount of precipitation over the test area and the control area of the MPG.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 06, 1973
Accession Number
AD0767986

Entities

People

  • E. E. Kornienko
  • F. Ya. Voit
  • M. V. Buykov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Clouds
  • Cumulus Clouds
  • Mechanical Structure
  • Physical Properties
  • Precipitation
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design