The Queensland cloud seeding Research Program

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-90

  Tessendorf, Sarah A ^a   Bruintjes, Roelof T ^a   Weeks, Courtney ^a   Wilson, James W ^a   Knight, Charles A ^a   Roberts, Rita D ^a   Peter, Justin R ^b   Collis, Scott ^c   Buseck, Peter R ^e   Freney, Evelyn ^e   Dixon, Michael ^a   Pocernich, Matthew ^a   Ikeda, Kyoko ^a   Axisa, Duncan ^a   Nelson, Eric ^a   May, Peter T ^c   Richter, Harald ^d   Piketh, Stuart ^f   Burger, Roelof P ^f   Wilson, Louise ^b   Siems, Steven T ^b   Manton, Michael ^b   Stone, Roger C ^g   Pepler, Acacia ^h   Collins, Don R ⁱ   Bringi, V N ^j   Thurai, M ^j   Turner, Lynne ^k   McRae, David ^k   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^k DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AEROSOLS; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; CLOUD SYSTEMS; DYNAMICAL PROCESS; IN-SITU; MULTIPARAMETER RADAR; PRECIPITATION FORMATION; QUEENSLAND; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SEEDING MATERIALS; WATER SHORTAGES; WET SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RAIN; RESEARCH; SEED; WATER SUPPLY;

CLOUD SEEDING;

EID: 84862924255     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/Bams-d-11-00060.1     Document Type: Article

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