Results of on-top glaciogenic cloud seeding in Thailand. Part I: The demonstration experiment

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 920-938

  Woodley, William L ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^b   Silverman, Bernard A ^c  

^a Woodley Weather Consultants   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD SEEDING; METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CLOUD SYSTEMS;

METEOROLOGY;

CLOUD SEEDING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEATHER MODIFICATION;

THAILAND;

EID: 0042031460     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2003)042<0920:ROOGCS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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