Weather modification - A scenario for the future

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-63

  List, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD SEEDING; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; REMOTE SENSING; SNOW; TORNADOES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES; GLACIOGENIC SEEDING; SNOWPACK AUGMENTATION;

WEATHER MODIFICATION;

EID: 1442337877     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-1-51     Document Type: Review

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