ANALYSIS AND PLANNING FOR PRECIPITATION AUGMENTATION FOR CROPS EXPERIMENT

The scientific research described herein was conducted within the context of the Precipitation-Cloud Changes and Impacts Project (PreCCIP) of the Illinois State Water Survey during the period September 1, 1990 to August 31, 1991. PreCCIP is an ongoing research effort, originally entitled Precipitation Augmentation for Crops Experiment (PACE). Findings from the PreCCIP research concerning atmospheric processes and the effects of changed conditions are key inputs into a myriad of individual and institutional decisions affecting Illinois. They include major questions about (1) the application of cloud seeding to try to alter precipitation; (2) the magnitude and factors causing inadvertent climate change at the local and regional scales; (3) the types and importance of physical effects and socioeconomic impacts caused by altered weather; and (4) the monitoring, control, and regulation of activities leading to either purposeful or inadvertent modification of weather and climate.

[1]  Stanley Alcide Changnon,et al.  Evaluations of Illinois weather modification projects of 1976-1980: A summary , 1981 .

[2]  Peter V. Hobbs,et al.  Ice particle concentrations in clouds , 1985 .

[3]  Ronald C. Grosh,et al.  Assessing Midwest Cloud Characteristics for Weather Modification , 1979 .

[4]  K. Beard.  Terminal Velocity and Shape of Cloud and Precipitation Drops Aloft , 1976 .

[5]  G. F. Arkin,et al.  Water Deficit Timing Effects on Yield Components in Maize , 1989 .

[6]  Stanley Q. Kidder,et al.  A Forecasting/Nowcasting System for Remote Field Locations , 1989 .

[7]  Stanley Q. Kidder,et al.  A Low-Cost System for the Acquisition and Display of Digital GOES Satellite Images , 1987 .

[8]  Lake Springfield,et al.  Illinois State Water Survey , 1991 .

[9]  Stanley A. Changnon,et al.  Evaluation of Potential Effects of Weather Modification on Agriculture in Illinois , 1972 .

[10]  William L. Woodley,et al.  Effects of Cloud Seeding in West Texas , 1989 .

[11]  Stanley A. Changnon,et al.  Use of Unique Field Facilities to Simulate Effects of Enhanced Rainfall on Crop Production , 1988 .

[12]  Stanley A. Changnon.  The Rationael for Future Weather Modification Research , 1980 .

[13]  H. Z. Cross,et al.  Prediction of Flowering Dates in Maize Based on Different Methods of Estimating Thermal Units1 , 1972 .

[14]  H. V. Eck.  Effects of Water Deficits on Yield, Yield Components, and Water Use Efficiency of Irrigated Corn1 , 1986 .

[15]  William L. Woodley.  Rainfall Enhancement by Dynamic Cloud Modification , 1970, Science.

[16]  Floyd A. Huff,et al.  Hydrometeorology of Heavy Rainstorms in Selected Illinois Basins , 1981 .