A confirmatory snowfall enhancement project in the snowy mountains of Australia. Part II: Primary and associated analyses

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1448-1458

  Manton, Michael J ^a   Warren, Loredana ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Snowy Hydro Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloud seeding; Orographic effects; Snowfall; Weather modification

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; DATA SETS; OROGRAPHIC EFFECTS; PHYSICAL VARIABLES; PRECIPITATION ENHANCEMENT; SEEDING MATERIALS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SNOW SAMPLES; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLOUD SEEDING; LANDFORMS; SEED; SNOW;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD SEEDING; DATA SET; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SNOW; WEATHER MODIFICATION; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ALPS; SNOWY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79960380133     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JAMC2660.1     Document Type: Article

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