| Squeezing Clouds
After years of
false starts, scientists have a new recipe for coaxing rain from the sky
A cloud-seeding
experiment in Mexico is testing a technique that seems to enhance
rainfall.
References:
Bruintjes, R.T.
1999. A review of cloud seeding experiments to enhance precipitation
and some new prospects. Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society 80(May):805.
Further Readings:
The Bethlehem
office of the South African Weather Bureau discusses its cloud-seeding
work at http://nprp0.ofs.gov.za.
Sources:
George Bomar
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Roelof T. Bruintjes
National Center for Atmospheric Research
3450 Mitchell Lane
Building 2
Boulder, CO 80301
K. Ruben Gabriel
University of Rochester
Department of Statistics
Rochester, NY 14627
Thomas J. Henderson
Atmospherics, Inc.
5652 East Dayton Avenue
Fresno, CA 93727
Nico J. Kroese
South African Weather Bureau
Bethlehem Weather Office
Private Bag X15
Bethlehem 9700
South Africa
Deon E.
Terblanche
South African Weather Bureau
Bethlehem Weather Office
Private Bag X15
Bethlehem 9700
South Africa
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 4, July 24, 1999, p. 56. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |