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A Weather Modification Program for the Future

Howard T. Orville

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Review of present status of weather modification; research program recommended by Advisory Committee on Weather Control; future program should: improve techniques in cloud-seeding, increase snow pack in mountain regions, provide water to Prairie States, establish criteria to tell when to seed and when not to seed, prevent or reduce hazards of hail and lightning and tornadoes, and develop methods for suppression of hurricanes.

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Review of present status of weather modification; research program recommended by Advisory Committee on Weather Control; future program should: improve techniques in cloud-seeding, increase snow pack in mountain regions, provide water to Prairie States, establish criteria to tell when to seed and when not to seed, prevent or reduce hazards of hail and lightning and tornadoes, and develop methods for suppression of hurricanes.

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Review of present status of weather modification; research program recommended by Advisory Committee on Weather Control; future program should: improve techniques in cloud-seeding, increase snow pack in mountain regions, provide water to Prairie States, establish criteria to tell when to seed and when not to seed, prevent or reduce hazards of hail and lightning and tornadoes, and develop methods for suppression of hurricanes.

Key concepts: Weather modification, Tornado, Cloud seeding, Environmental science, Meteorology, Snow, Severe weather, Lightning (connector)

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